Anorexia nervosa and autism: a prospective twin cohort study
Dinkler, L., Taylor, M. J., Råstam, M., Hadjikhani, N., Bulik, C. M., Lichtenstein, P., … & Lundström, S. (2021). Anorexia nervosa and autism: a prospective twin cohort study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62(3), 316-326.
Despite many young people with anorexia nervosa appearing cognitively rigid and clinicians suspecting they may have underlying autistic traits, this twin study from Sweden did not find elevated rates of anorexia by 18 years of age in children with autism at 9 years.