He lost 60 pounds in just three months and gained the praise of everyone around him. So he kept losing and losing and losing. My problem, all my life, had been drugs, so nobody questioned me as long as I stayed sober. Today, at age 24, he's 5 feet 7 inches tall, barely 90 pounds, and receiving treatment for an eating disorder. Eating disorders afflicting men, too No one's sure how many, but the problem crosses racial, economic lines.
People think of anorexia and bulimia as the afflictions of models and professional pretty women.
Others Looks sure are deceiving. At 38, Dennis Henning retains his ruggedly handsome features and athletic shape that landed him high-paying modeling jobs in New York City. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of the ideal male body presented in the media on male body image. It was hypothesized that the more men are aware of the ideals of society and the more they have internalized these ideals, the more dissatisfied they would be with their bodies. More men purging on treadmill Women have, for years been bombarded with images of perfectly formed girls thrusting their assets out of magazines, billboards and television screens.