Male Eating Disorders On The Rise, Gay Men At Higher Risk

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First Posted: 08-14-07 05:22 PM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:44 AM

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PinkNews.co.uk :

The April 2007 issue of the International Journal of Eating Disorders, suggested that gay and bisexual men and women may generally be at far higher risk for conditions like bulimia.

The study results showed that more than 15% of gay or bisexual men had at some time suffered anorexia, bulimia or binge-eating disorder, or at least certain symptoms of those disorders, compared with less than five percent of heterosexual men.

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