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Genes can predict desire to be thin, researchers say
Genetic and nonshared environmental factors can influence the internalization of the thin-ideal among women, a study of 343 female twins ages 12 to 22 found. Researchers wrote on the website of the International Journal of Eating Disorders that shared environmental factors did not significantly affect the thin-ideal internalization.

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