Eating disorders have been observed in males since 1689, when Dr. Richard Morton described the first documented case of anorexia nervosa in a young man. Two cases of males were also reported in the ...
Most people believe that eating disorders and body image issues primarily affect women — and that's wrong. When you see a close friend or loved one struggling with an eating disorder, the obvious ...
WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT ANOREXIA, BULIMIA OR BINGE EATING, YOU NORMALLY HEAR ABOUT WOMEN. BUT EXPERTS SAY NEARLY 30% OF THOSE DIAGNOSED ARE MEN. WESH 2’S DAVID JONES SPOKE WITH A YOUNG MAN WHO STRUGGLED ...
Food was cathartic for Max Sala, something that held his life together and at the same time tore it apart. As a child he ate for comfort, arriving for his freshman year of high school, as he put it, ...
Objective To assess whether male elite football players, during and after their active career, were at increased risk of depression and anxiety-related disorders and suicide, as compared with the ...
When we talk about thyroid problems, women are often the focus of the conversation in clinics and homes. Which makes sense also because thyroid diseases are more common in women. However, men are also ...
LONDON (Reuters) - National Health Service figures showing a 66 percent rise in hospital admissions for men with eating disorders in England over the last 10 years are just the "tip of the iceberg," a ...
Last year, Ed Sheeran opened up about his eating disorder. Collaborating with Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes made him reevaluate his body, which he believed to be too fat when compared to those ...
A study of 2,822 students on a large university campus found 3.6 percent of men had eating disorders. The female to male ratio was 3-to-1. The most widely quoted study, according to the National ...
Elite male football players have a lower risk of alcohol and drug related disorders than men from the general population, but this protective effect was seen only for those who first played in the ...