GP alert over rise in male anorexia

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by talkhealth on Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:21 pm

GP alert over rise in male anorexia

The Royal College of GPs has urged its members to be vigilant, as figures show the number of men suffering with anorexia and bulimia is on the rise.

About 1.6 million Britons suffer from an eating disorder, and doctors believe one in five could be men.

Normally thought of as a disease of teenage girls, anorexia among men can be a diagnosis easily missed by doctors as they assume depression to be a more likely cause of weight loss.

The problem of obsession with body weight and calorie-control applies to both sexes, but there are differences between the way men and women are affected.

While female anorexics create calorie deficit by restricting food, male anorexics will do by this by over-exercising. The disease can be seen by others as an obsession with the gym – a socially acceptable positive male trait – rather than what it really is, which is an underlying mental health problem.

Read more on this story at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... rexia.html
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