Herle M, De Stavola B, Hübel C, et al. - Researchers examined how childhood eating behaviors during the first 10 years of life associated with eating disorder behaviors (binge eating, purging, fasting and excessive exercise) and diagnoses (anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, purging disorder and bulimia nervosa) at 16 years. From the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, they included data of 4,760 participants. The analysis revealed increased risk of adolescent binge eating and binge eating disorder in correlation with childhood overeating. Only adolescent girls exhibit higher anorexia nervosa risk in correlation with persistent undereating. Further, an association was observed between persistent fussy eating and greater anorexia nervosa risk. Results thereby infer continuities of eating behaviors into eating disorders from early life to adolescence. These results may have a potential implication to inform preventative strategies for eating disorders.