When we think of eating disorders, we rarely picture a man working out obsessively, starving himself to look lean or wanting to emulate celebrities on magazine covers.
For years, eating disorders have been viewed as a “white woman’s disease.” And estimates of male eating …
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I believe this is a FAKE site http://www.mengeteds.com Below is the REAL website address for Men Get Eating Disorders Too made by Sam Thomas
http://www.mengetedstoo.com
i know that we dont picture a man staving himself but i does happen quite often. i know several men that have an E.D.
i am doing a research paper on men eating disorders and i have to compare to a short story that was in the new yorker called “too skinny” by tim o’brien i would like to maybe learn more about men with this disorder i promise names will not be revealed but it will help having a primary source available to use in this research paper if you have anything or would like to take the time to write you can email me at Jpilarte413@yahoo.com thanks
When we think of eating disorders, we rarely picture a man working out obsessively, starving himself to look lean or wanting to emulate celebrities on magazine covers.
For years, eating disorders have been viewed as a “white woman’s disease.” And estimates of male eating disorders told a similar story: while the majority of women suffered from eating disorders, only about 10 percent of men did.
Recent research, however, paints a different, bigger picture: more men are suffering from eating disorders than previously thought. Out of 3,000 people with anorexia and bulimia, 25 percent were men (and 40 percent had binge eating disorder), according to a Harvard study.
-http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/10/07/eating-disorders-in-men/
I post this because I want you to consider that there might be more men than the 10% you stated. I am one of them.
Sorry, i posted this to teh wrong site. I meant to copy from you, and post to a different site.. sorry. haha