Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has admitted suffering from anorexia for many years Many young girls are likely to develop anorexia because of the way their brains developed in the womb, a new study has found. Researchers discovered that 70 per cent of anorexic children and young people they studied showed signs of problems with neurotransmitters, chemicals which help brain cells communicate. The report’s authors have now suggested that all children should be screened at the age of eight to identify the signs that make them most vulnerable to eating disorders. 'Our research shows that certain kids' brains develop in such a way that makes them more vulnerable to the more commonly known risk factors for eating disorders, such as the size-zero debate, media representations of very skinny women and bad parents,’ says Ian Frampton, one... [read full story]
