3. Why is it that eating disorders are more common among nutrition students?
While eating disorders develop as the result of many complex factors, there are many hypotheses as to why eating disorders among dietetic students may be more prevalent. For one, students who may already be hyper focused on food and nutrition may gravitate towards majoring in a discipline that revolves around this very thing. Some students with existing eating disorders or abnormally obsessive relationships around food may chose to major in an area that allows the study and focus of these subjects. On the other side of things, students who are continually submersed in an area of study of nutrition and food may become more inclinced to obsess about things of this nature. For a student who is predisposed to having an eating disorder, being within a major that is continually focusing on eating and food may contribute as an environmental trigger.