Experts: Male eating disorders on rise

[CShine]

In an era of diet fixation, chiseled underwear models and "a culture of muscularity," some researchers say eating problems among men are getting worse - even as sufferers face a lingering stigma about having a "women's disorder."

Intentional starvation, cookie binges, vomiting, hospitalization. The details were typical for an eating disorder. But Jeff Everts might not seem like a typical sufferer.

"We're able to hide it much better," said Everts, a 43-year-old Albuquerque, N.M., resident recovering from anorexia and bulimia. "We don't talk about it, where women would."

Women are more likely to have eating disorders than men. But men can also suffer from bulimia, binge eating and, to a lesser extent, anorexia, according to researchers.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apscience_story.asp?category=1500&slug=FIT%20Male%20Eating%20Disorders

[PartyPooper]

1. I have an eating disorder; I eat too much!

:D

[Gman]

2. Is this characteristic of a "metrosexual"

just wondering.

[Jersey Devil]

3. What if your only craving is for pistachio nuts?

Does that qualify as a "disorder"?

[DBoon]

4. Is the Atkins diet an eating disorder?

There is surely something serious abnormal about never eating chocolate.