Teenage boys increasingly seeing eating disorders
A new study says that teenage boys in the U.S. are increasingly seeing eating disorders, and that the rate of those problems rose greatly between the years of 1995 and 2005.Eating disorders, which are generally connected in the media to teenage girls (not boys), involve all forms of weight control. These include dieting, diet product use, purging, exercise and vigorous exercise. Are guys working out a little too much or are they not eating enough?
The study, which looked at CDC data from that 10-year period, found that increased weight control behavior in teen males suggested growing social pressure for unrealistic body expectations -- the same reason given in recent years for female eating disorders.
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11-28-2007 @ 11:51AM
Vishaal said...
Thank you for posting this. There is almost no info on male eating disorders. I used to have annorexia. I used to eat VERY little everyday (a small bowl of total and egg whites with one piece of toast all day). It was pretty scarey. I lost about 10 lbs in a week. I had ear infections, throat infections, body aches. But I still worked out everyday and went clubbing every week (no drinking though, just dancing for 5 HOURS nonstop). It was insane. I got over all that because I was so tired of being sick all the time.
I think there is alot of pressure on boys to be thin now because of all those little rock/punk/indie bands out there that are super skinny.
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