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Eating Disorders: Do Men and Women Differ?

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Given that eating disorders disproportionately affect women, it is not unreasonable to assume that men differ from women in clinical presentation, personality and psychological characteristics. My ...

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Elizabeth Braden's curator insight, January 14, 2014 1:04 PM

This is going to be my primary focus for my research paper on Bulimia: Do woman have more eating disorders than men/do men and women differ? There are not many articles on men with bulimia, but there are cases of it. I think this is something we need to be aware of in society: eating disorders are not primarily focused on women, men can be affected by it too. 

Jaimee's curator insight, February 27, 2014 9:08 AM

It confirms my idea as to men and women being on a equal spectrum when it comes to image. Men want to be the just as attractive in certain areas as women do.

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