· One in ten individuals seeking treatment for an eating disorder is a teenage boy or man.
· Most often, the disorders are seen during the teenage years, but there are cases where boys as young as eight or men as old as 60 have been affected.
· Most professionals believe that eating disorders in men are no different than eating disorders in women.
· Males are more "at risk" for developing eating disorders if they participate in sports with weight restrictions. These include running, body-building, wrestling, swimming and gymnastics.
· Diagnosis and recovery are frequently complicated by a man's reluctance to seek treatment since society generally regards an eating disorder as a "woman's issue."
· Eating disorders in men, as in women, are not about food or vanity. They develop as a way of coping with conflicts, pressures and stresses of life. an eating disorder may be a way to experience some control when the rest of life seems out of control.
· When individuals refer to eating disorders they are speaking about anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge eating disorder.
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