Why Does Adolescence Appear to Be a Prime Time for the Development

Multiple Choice

Why does adolescence appear to be a prime time for the development of eating disorders in females?

A) It is the first time that girls receive media images promoting thinness.
B) It takes someone at the formal operational stage of thinking to develop the obsessive food-related behaviors seen in anorexia and bulimia.
C) The gene that controls eating does not "turn-on" until that time of life.
D) The normal weight gain in puberty is viewed as problematic.