Men always want a six-pack. The first thing they want is for their abdominals to show. Then it would be their chest and shoulders, then arms. Their legs are at the bottom of the list. Macdonald suggested that men interested in losing weight or firming up first consult with a nutritionist and personal trainer to get off to a healthy start and not overdo their diet and exercise regimen.
Men also suffer from the opposite disorder, anorexia , which involves self-starvation.
For years, Holbrook survived on rice cakes for lunch and exercised up to eight hours daily. When exercise or eating begins to interfere with daily life, men should consider seeking therapy with someone who specializes in eating disorders. Men should not get advice from popular diet books or commercial weight loss programs, the authors write, nor use diet pills or steroids . Staying healthy is a matter of determining why the disorder exists and then developing new habits. By Eric Orwoll, Mark Ettinger, Stuart Weiss, Paul Miller, David Kendler, John Graham, Silvano Adami, Kurt Weber, Roman Lorenc, Peter Pietschmann, Kristel Vandormael, Antonio Lombardi Abstract Background .