Australia: Eating disorders 'nearly as bad for men'

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2013-02-01 00:30

Article here. Excerpt:

'The impact of eating disorders on men's health has been underestimated, say researchers.

Deborah Mitchison at the University of Western Sydney and colleagues report their findings online ahead of print in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.

"Researchers have thought eating disorders are the domain of women so a lot of the research has been biased towards women and not really recruited men," says Mitchison, a PhD candidate in the School of Medicine.
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Overall, 28 per cent of women were affected by factors related to eating disorders whereas 18.5 per cent of men were affected.'

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