Eating disorders occurring in men are a major problem affecting our society. Especially since there is a lack of knowledge on the effects of eating disorders that appear within men. Males that have eating disorders may not believe that they do have a problem or fail to acknowledge that they have a disorder because of the stigma attached to men with bulimia or anorexia. The fact is that 1 out of every 5 men suffer from different types of eating disorders and this number may be even more including those that go undiagnosed. The diagnostic criteria drastically needs to change it’s standards in order to include men in it’s list for symptoms. The stigma needs to stop now because if we continue to dismiss males with eating disorders we are only adding to the problem. With the silence we continue to allow many young boys and men to suffer alone.
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