ABSTRACT
There may be as many causes of body image disorders as there are men who have those disorders, but we do know something of the general causes. Forming any understanding of the origin of your own problem can be critical in combating it. However, answering the question of what causes body image disorders is quite tricky. The causes of eating disorders are multifactorial. There are factors that may render you vulnerable to the risk of developing a disorder (predisposing factors). There are factors which commonly precipitate you into a pattern of disordered eating or shape manipulation. Finally, there are those factors which perpetuate that problem. Rather than looking at a single factor, eating disorder specialists usually formulate an understanding of the condition by means of this model of predisposing, precipitating and perpetuating factors.
