Editing Eating disorder (section)

=== Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity ===
Sexual orientation, gender identity and gender norms influence people with eating disorders. Some eating disorder patients have implied that enforced heterosexuality and heterosexism led many to engage in their condition to align with norms associated with their gender identity. Families may restrict women's food intake to keep them thin, thus increasing their ability to attain a male romantic partner.<ref>{{Cite journal | vauthors = Thompson BW |title="A Way Outa No Way" |date=December 1992 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/089124392006004002 |journal=Gender & Society |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=546–561 |doi=10.1177/089124392006004002 |s2cid=145179769 |issn=0891-2432}}</ref> Non-heterosexual male adolescents are consistently at higher risk of developing disordered eating than their heterosexual peers for various body image concerns, including worries about weight, shape, muscle tone, and definition. Eating disorders in trans and non-binary adolescents is complicated in that some eating disorder symptoms may affirm gender identity in transitioning patients, complicating treatment. For example, loss of menstruation in birth-assigned females or a slender frame in birth-assigned males may align with their gender identity during transition.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Murray SB, Nagata JM, Griffiths S, Calzo JP, Brown TA, Mitchison D, Blashill AJ, Mond JM | title = The enigma of male eating disorders: A critical review and synthesis | journal = Clinical Psychology Review | volume = 57 | pages = 1–11 | date = November 2017 | pmid = 28800416 | doi = 10.1016/j.cpr.2017.08.001}}</ref>