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. Culture Blocks Recognition of Anorexic Men British culture and expectations stop men from recognizing they are suffering eating disorders and getting treatment, according to a study published on Monday. It added men were more likely to blame unnatural weight loss on physical rather than psychological problems and that the onset of eating disorders in men was often triggered by a concern with body-building and sport training. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of the ideal male body presented in the media on male body image.