Academy for eating disorders position paper: The role of the family in eating disorders.

The article discusses the family influences in developing the mental and behavioral disorders anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN). It says that family influences are not seen as the primary cause of the disorders, however, there is no consistent structure or pattern of functioning in families with a member who suffers from an eating disorder; rather, eating disorders evolve a multiplicity of family contexts.