The importance of factors early in life for development of eating disorders in young people, with some focus on type 1 diabetes.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe Research Ethics Committees of the Faculty of Health Science at Linköping University Sweden have given an ethical approvement to the ABIS study. Dnr. 287–96, 2011/52-53 and 2003–092. The parents of the participating children gave informed consent to participate in the ABIS-study after being provided oral, written, or video information. Participants were free to opt in or out of the study whenever they wanted to. Competing interestsThe authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. Competing interests The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose."

"Funding Open access funding provided by Linköping University. ABIS was supported by Barndiabetesfonden (the Swedish Child Diabetes Foundation); Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research, Grant/Award Numbers: FAS2004-1775, FAS2004–1775; Swedish Research Council, Grant/Award Numbers: K2005-72X-11242-11A and K2008-69X-20826-01-4, K2008-69X-20826-01-4; Östgöta Brandstodsbolag; Medical Research Council of Southeast Sweden (FORSS); JDRF Wallenberg Foundation, Grant/Award Number: K 98-99D-12813-01A; ALF-and LFoU grants from Region Östergötland and Linköping university, Sweden and Joanna Cocozza Foundation."