More males seek treatment for eating disorders

Braun, Devra L.; Sunday, Suzanne R.; Huang, Amy L.; Halmi, Katherine A.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(199905)25:4<415::aid-eat6>3.0.co;2-b

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“…Eating disorders among males appear to be even more rare with an estimated female-to-male gender ratio of 10:1 (Garfinkel et al, 1995;Woodside et al, 2001). Recent data suggested an increase in hospitalization rates for males with an eating disorder (Braun, Sunday, Huang, & Halmi, 1999). In the absence of epidemiologic data, it is not clear, however, whether this increase reflects a true increase in incidence or prevalence or improved awareness of eating disorders in male populations among service providers.…”

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Prevention of eating disorders: Challenges and opportunities

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Striegel‐Moore

2002

Intl J Eating Disorders

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Objective and MethodsOn April 25, 2000, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) convened a Roundtable on the Prevention of Eating Disorders to review the state of prevention science in eating disorders and formulate recommendations regarding future steps to be taken in this area of research.Results and DiscussionThis report summarizes the roundtable discussion. The discussion focused on four major areas: the state of the art of risk factors research, translational research, prevention research in related fields, and cutting‐edge efforts in eating disorder prevention.ConclusionsThe report concludes with specific recommendations. © 2002 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 31: 233–239, 2002; DOI 10.1002/eat.10014

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Prevention of eating disorders: Challenges and opportunities

Pearson

Goldklang

Striegel‐Moore

2002

Intl J Eating Disorders

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“…[4][5][6] Studies suggest that a disproportionate number of these men are gay and bisexual. In both community 7 and clinical 8,9 samples of men with eating disorders, 14-42%-compared with about 3% of the U.S. male population 10 -are gay or bisexual.…”

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Eating disorders in diverse lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations

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Meyer

2007

Intl J Eating Disorders

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Objective-This study estimates the prevalence of eating disorders in lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) men and women, and examines the association between participation in the gay community and eating disorder prevalence in gay and bisexual men.Method-One hundred and twenty six white heterosexuals and 388 white, black, Latino LGB men and women were sampled from community venues. DSM-IV diagnoses of anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder were assessed using the World Health Organization's Composite International Diagnostic Interview.Results-Gay and bisexual men had significantly higher prevalence estimates of eating disorders than heterosexual men. There were no differences in eating disorder prevalence between lesbian and bisexual women and heterosexual women, or across gender or racial groups. Attending a gay recreational group was significantly related to eating disorder prevalence in gay and bisexual men. Conclusion-Researchers should study the causes of the high prevalence of eating disorders among gay and bisexual men.

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“…6 Although dieting is less common among males, 7,8 recent data suggest that weight concerns may be becoming more prevalent. 9 In crosssectional studies, researchers have observed a strong association between dieting and being overweight or obese. 10 It is possible that the cross-sectional association between dieting and weight status is attributable to overweight individuals' being more likely than their normal-weight peers to go on diets to lose weight.…”

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Relation Between Dieting and Weight Change Among Preadolescents and Adolescents

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ABSTRACT. Objective. To assess whether dieting to control weight was associated with weight change among children and adolescents.Methods. A prospective study was conducted of 8203 girls and 6769 boys who were 9 to 14 years of age in 1996, were in an ongoing cohort study, and completed at least 2 annual questionnaires between 1996 and 1999. Dieting to control weight, binge eating, and dietary intake were assessed annually from 1996 through 1998 with instruments designed specifically for children and adolescents. The outcome measure was age-and sex-specific z score of body mass index (BMI).Results. In 1996, 25.0% of the girls and 13.8% of the boys were infrequent dieters and 4.5% of the girls and 2.2% of the boys were frequent dieters. Among the girls, the percentage of dieters increased over the following 2 years. Binge eating was more common among the girls, but in both sexes, it was associated with dieting to control weight (girls: infrequent dieters, odds ratio [OR]: 5.10; frequent dieters, OR: 12.4; boys: infrequent dieters, OR: 3.49; frequent dieters, OR: 7.30). During 3 years of follow-up, dieters gained more weight than nondieters. Among the girls, frequency of dieting was positively associated with increases in age-and sex-specific z scores of BMI (␤ ‫؍‬ 0.05 and ␤ ‫؍‬ 0.04 for frequent and infrequent dieters vs nondieters). Among the boys, both frequent and infrequent dieters gained 0.07 z scores of BMI more than nondieters. In addition, boys who engaged in binge eating gained significantly more weight than nondieters.Conclusions. Although medically supervised weight control may be beneficial for overweight youths, our data suggest that for many adolescents, dieting to control weight is not only ineffective, it may actually promote weight gain.

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More males seek treatment for eating disorders

Cited by 144 publications

References 32 publications

Prevention of eating disorders: Challenges and opportunities

Prevention of eating disorders: Challenges and opportunities

Eating disorders in diverse lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations

Relation Between Dieting and Weight Change Among Preadolescents and Adolescents

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