The Sordid World of Male Eating Disorders

Men account for 1 out of every 3 eating disorder cases. Yet very few seek help.

In American culture, eating disorders are considered a female problem. The data don’t support that.

Although roughly one in three people struggling with an eating disorder is male, University of Toronto psychiatry professor, Dr. Blake Woodside, says that that number is more like one in 20 in treatment settings.

“There’s a lot of guys out there with eatin…