Experiences of eating difficulties in siblings of people with anorexia nervosa: a reflexive thematic analysis

Table 1 Demographic information for each participant

	Nature of eating difficulties	Sibling’s diagnosis	Participant’s age when sibling developed AN	Birth order (number of full siblings)	Birth order of reference sibling	Engagement in family therapy
Heather	Undiagnosed restriction of eating plus overexercising	AN	16	1 (1)	2	No
Andrea	Undiagnosed restriction of eating	AN presentation- unsure if diagnosed	10	2 (1)	1	No
Sarah	Undiagnosed restriction of eating plus bingeing and purging	AN	14	2 (1)	1	No
Bobbi	Undiagnosed restriction of eating, binge eating and purging	AN	16	3 (3)	4	No
Sophie	Undiagnosed restriction of eating and purging	AN	16	1 (2)	2	Yes
Chloe	Diagnosed with AN and Bulimia Nervosa	AN presentation- undiagnosed	Late 20’s^a	2 (1)	1	No
Rachel	Diagnosed with AN	AN	12	1^b (2)	1^b	Yes
Holly	Undiagnosed restriction of eating plus overexercising	AN	16	1 (1)	2	Yes
Hannah	Undiagnosed restriction of eating and purging	AN	15	1 (6)	6	No
Paul	Undiagnosed restriction of eating and overexercising	AN	21	2 (2)	3	No

^aParticipant developed an eating disorder before her sister but relapsed after her sister’s illness
^bParticipant was a twin

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