While it is difficult to be exact in terms of numbers Cheap Jordan Retro , it is clear that there are many men who hide their eating disorder and do not seek help. This is because many men feel eating disorders are a ?female? condition and this shame is combined with the guilt and secrecy common to all eating disorders. Eating disorders in men typically develop between the age of 14 and 25 but people can also be affected at other ages.
How do eating disorders develop in men?
Eating disorders in men have many of the same causes as eating disorders in women. There will certainly be a number of different causes and these may include childhood trauma, family difficulties, stressful life events, low self esteem, personality factors and genetic predisposition. The eating disorder becomes a way of expressing difficult feelings which the individual cannot cope with.
Eating disorders in men can be expressed in a different way to eating disorders in women ? men and boys may be more preoccupied with having a muscular physique than losing weight. Male eating disorders are often closely linked with exercise and can initially seem to be healthy, masking the underlying problem. For example, sudden weight loss may seem the result of a training programme for a marathon or triathlon. Equally Cheap Air Jordan , there is also evidence that men are facing similar pressures to women in terms of conforming to an unrealistic body shape, projected by celebrities, sportsmen and models. Studies have shown increasing numbers of men feel dissatisfied with their own bodies and this dissatisfaction and anxiety can develop at young age.
Risk factors
Some of the same risk factors known to apply to women seem to also apply to men and there are others which are more specific to men. In common with women, the most important factor is unresolved distress and trauma, which is expressed in an eating disorder. But some groups seem to be at a greater risk:
? Men who have been overweight, bullied or teased about their weight ? Taking part in a sport which demands a specific body shape, for example athletes and jockeys are at a higher risk ? A study carried out by the national charity Beat found 20 per cent of men with eating disorders are gay Cheap Jordan Shoes , making up twice the proportion of gay men in the population as a whole. ? Men working in a job or profession in which an idealised body image is very dominant. Male models, actors, and general entertainers seem to be at higher risk than the general population.
The treatment of men with eating disorders
Many eating disorders can be effectively treated without the need for admission to hospital or a specialist unit. People with bulimia normally respond well to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and there is a programme of CBT for people with eating disorders which is very well established and successful.
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