More men may seek eating-disorder help. Increasing numbers of men sought help for eating disorders at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center between 1983 and 1995.
More women continue to be affected with eating disorders than men.
Researchers were not sure whether the greater number of male patients indicated more men are experiencing eating disorders or only that more men are seeking help. Gilbert S. More men may seek eating-disorder help. Researcher Dr. Devra L. Braun, former chief of the eating disorders service at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center's Westchester Division.