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The aetiology of eating disorders (EDs) is believed to primarily involve a combination of environmental and genetic factors. Although the role of genes is considered a major one, the strongest risk factors are thought to be those pertaining to non-shared environments (Jacobi et al. 2004). Perinatal risk factors, including obstetric complications (OCs), are a possible source of non-shared environmental risk in EDs and feature in developmental aetiological models of EDs (Connan et al. 2003). The perinatal phase captures the periods before and after birth and has been defined in diverse ways, most typically described as commencing between the 20th to 28th week of gestation and ending 1–4 weeks after birth. During this phase, medical problems associated with obstetric labor such as breech presentation and premature labor hemorrhage, referred to as obstetric complications (OCs), may occur (Raevuori et al. 2014)....
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Krug, I., Rozenblat, V. (2017). Perinatal Complications. In: Wade, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Feeding and Eating Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-104-6_182
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