Psychologists have linked the historical and cross-cultural differences in the prevalence of feeding and eating disorders to:

A) the standards of beauty for women.
B) how affluent or poor a society is.
C) low self-esteem.
D) levels of education.

Psychologists have found that the standards of beauty for women vary across cultures and time periods and that these standards have a strong influence on the prevalence of feeding and eating disorders. For example, in Western cultures where thinness is idealized, rates of anorexia and bulimia tend to be higher compared to cultures where curvier or larger body types are seen as desirable.