Genetics loads the gun, environment shoots the messenger

It has long seemed to me that the mental illness we call "eating disorder" is a shapeshifter. Eventually we will probably break off parts of what we call anorexia/bulimia/BED and see them as different illnesses. And eventually I think we will see that the same disease manifests itself in various ways, as inAnorexia, 'bigorexia' may have same genetic roots.



I believe treatment outcomes will improve, stigma will decrease, and collateral damage of the disease will be prevented as we better understand the biology of the illness.