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Describe one explanation of anorexia nervosa and evaluate this explanation using research studies and/or alternative explanations
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Describe one explanation of anorexia nervosa and evaluate this explanation using research studies and/or alternative explanations One explanation of anorexia nervosa is the biological approach (medical model). The basic assumption of this approach suggests abnormality is a result of a physical illness or disease, just like any other illness, such as chicken pox for example. Abnormality therefore has an underlying physical cause and in relation to eating disorders, this explanation suggests they are a physical illness. It provides genetic and biochemical explanations for the cause of eating disorders. The genetic argument rests on the assumption that disorders are hereditary (passed on in the genetic information of parents to children). This idea argues that individuals with family members who have the eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, would therefore be at an increased risk of developing the disorder themselves. As yet, scientific research has not been able to identify specific genes associated with eating...
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