Caring Online Provides Information
Treatment Options for Male Eating Disorder Sufferers
Millions of women suffer from anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and other eating disorders. But did you know that an estimated 10 to 15 percent of eating disorder sufferers are men? Celebrities such as Elton John, Dennis Quaid and Billy Bob Thornton have gone public with their battles with disordered eating. And according to recent studies, male eating disorders are on the rise as men feel more pressure to conform to an ideal standard of beauty. However, because eating disorders are considered more of a woman's condition, most male sufferers don't pursue treatment out of shame.
That's where Caring Online comes in. A comprehensive online eating disorder resource, Caring Online offers male and female eating disorder sufferers, as well as the loved ones of sufferers, an easy, confidential way to find out more about eating disorders, including the following:
- Warning signs of anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and other eating disorders
- Eating disorder questionnaires, surveys and self-assessment tests
- Books, videos, magazines and other sources of information about eating disorders
- Healthy diet and nutrition information
- Eating disorder treatment
- Eating disorder support groups
Caring Online was launched by Dr. Gregory L. Jantz, eating disorder expert, author of more than 25 self-help books (including the best-selling Hope, Help, and Healing for Eating Disorders: A New Approach to Treating Anorexia, Bulimia, and Overeating) and founder of The Center for Counseling and Health Resources, an eating disorder treatment center in Edmonds, WA, focused on providing whole-person treatment.
Emotional difficulties, including depression, stress and anxiety affect all sexes. Because eating disorders are more often associated with women, the male ego is often threatened when facing similar problems. The behaviors causing eating disorders are not only hard to diagnosis but also harder for the society-driven masculine images of strength and control to seek help. As eating disorders are more often related to the female gender, men don't seek help out of fear of seeming less manly. Caring Online points out a sampling of eating disorder behaviors to be aware of and look for in your friends and family. If any exist on a consistent basis, go to Caring Online for direction and help:
- Skipping meals regularly
- Making excuses not to eat
- Frequent weight loss or gain
- Preoccupation with food and dieting
- Obsession with calories and food
- Compulsive exercising
- Irritability, moodiness and depression
- Increased desire to be alone
For years, the unrealistic, and often unhealthy, images of ultra-thin women in the media have driven them to eating disorders. Men also feel this pressure of physical perfection with tight six-pack abs, lean body fat and bulging muscles. Whether to avoid weight gain to excel in athletics, as a requirement for sports or a job, to achieve a certain body type or because of body dissatisfaction and emotional conditions, Caring Online helps the afflicted combat such unhealthy resulting behaviors.
To find out more about eating disorders, visit Caring Online.
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