Eating Disorders In the News
© Heather Mudgett.
It's not only women and girls who suffer from eating disorders. The number of men and boys who also suffer with an eating disorder seems to be rising. At HealthScout.com reporter Felicity Stone discusses the serious problem of males with eating disorders. The article begins "Every day about one million men either starve themselves or binge-eat before sticking their fingers down their throat to force themselves to throw up. They all suffer from anorexia or bulimia nervosa, the same eating disorders that plague seven million American women. But because the syndromes are generally associated with weight-obsessed teen-age girls, many men deny they have a problem, or they are too embarrassed to get help. Those who do seek therapy are turned off by the predominantly female make-up of support groups, which are a big part of eating-disorder treatment programs." This is a compelling article on the subject, and I suggest you read the entire article titled Not For Women Only, Men too, can Fall Victim to Eating Disorders.
When you're feeling the need to blame someone for your eating disorder.... blame your parents. No, not in the psycho-babble way you might think. I'm talking about genetics. HealthScout.com reporter Randy Dotinga delves into the concept that genetics play a large part in eating disorders. In considering eating disorders, "researchers have long suspected that genetics also play a role, and now some think they're on the trail of specific genes for anorexia nervosa. Although the genes don't cause anorexia in everyone who has them, they appear to make people susceptible to the disorder, says Dr. Wade Berrettini, the co-author of a new study into anorexia genes and the director of the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.
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