Binge eating disorder is something that affects just about as many men as it does women despite the fact that the stereotype is that eating disorders are thought to be a women's disorder. However, the stereotype is incorrect. Approximately 25 million people end up struggling daily with binge eating disorder. You may be surprise to know that out of that 25 million, about 40% are men. According to Wikipedia.com, this means that three women for every two men suffer from Binge Eating Disorder.
Men develop binge eating disorder and there are actually different reasons behind this. If they play or played sports sometime in their life that required them to be thin or to lose a lot of weight for a particular competition, such as a wrestling match or running is one such cause. While body builders and football players are still at risk, it is lower since these sports require some meat and muscles in order to be successful. There is another reason that is that the chosen profession calls for thinness, such as modeling and acting. Just like women, men also feel a pressure to maintain a level of thinness when they are in the public eye and when they are being looked at.
When a man had a tendency to be overweight as a child, then it is likely that he is more at risk for developing this type of binge eating disorder at an older age than a woman does. Growing up, a man believes that he needs to be strong and be able to protect not only himself, but also a female and this could be one of the reasons for this. Being thin would then translate to being fragile and he so will see himself as not being powerful and not being able to get the things that he wants in life because he is considered weak.
Treatment for men is the same as women; although, men are more reluctant to visit a professional since eating disorders are considered to be female difficulties. What the professional will do in order to find out why the man comforts himself with food is go into detail. The professional can give him ideas of how to change his behaviors once the reason why he binges comes to the surface. Once this happens and once the man feels comfortable with the professional, then the journey to recovery begins.
It's clear that binge eating disorder is not only a female disorder, as many males are affected too. It is important to admit that your relationship with food is not healthy and to seek help on how to make it healthy once again regardless if you are a male or a female.
Men develop binge eating disorder and there are actually different reasons behind this. If they play or played sports sometime in their life that required them to be thin or to lose a lot of weight for a particular competition, such as a wrestling match or running is one such cause. While body builders and football players are still at risk, it is lower since these sports require some meat and muscles in order to be successful. There is another reason that is that the chosen profession calls for thinness, such as modeling and acting. Just like women, men also feel a pressure to maintain a level of thinness when they are in the public eye and when they are being looked at.
When a man had a tendency to be overweight as a child, then it is likely that he is more at risk for developing this type of binge eating disorder at an older age than a woman does. Growing up, a man believes that he needs to be strong and be able to protect not only himself, but also a female and this could be one of the reasons for this. Being thin would then translate to being fragile and he so will see himself as not being powerful and not being able to get the things that he wants in life because he is considered weak.
Treatment for men is the same as women; although, men are more reluctant to visit a professional since eating disorders are considered to be female difficulties. What the professional will do in order to find out why the man comforts himself with food is go into detail. The professional can give him ideas of how to change his behaviors once the reason why he binges comes to the surface. Once this happens and once the man feels comfortable with the professional, then the journey to recovery begins.
It's clear that binge eating disorder is not only a female disorder, as many males are affected too. It is important to admit that your relationship with food is not healthy and to seek help on how to make it healthy once again regardless if you are a male or a female.
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