{"id":8908,"date":"2017-03-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-anorexia-male-eating-disorders\/"},"modified":"2017-03-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T00:00:00","slug":"condition-anorexia-male-eating-disorders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-anorexia-male-eating-disorders\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Facts About Eating Disorders in Men"},"content":{"rendered":"
It's rare that you hear men talk about their own issues with food. But Zayn Malik is breaking that taboo.<\/p>\n
The singer\/songwriter (and former member of One Direction) first opened up about his struggle with restrictive eating in his autobiography<\/a>, which came out last fall. “It wasn’t as though I had any concerns about my weight or anything like that,” Malik wrote in the book. “I’d just go for days—sometimes two or three days straight—without eating anything at all.”<\/p>\n Last weekend, in an interview with The Sunday Times, <\/em>Malik explained that he didn't have an eating disorder, but his behavior was tied to an emotional need<\/a> during a very stressful time: “Every area of my life was so regimented and controlled, it was the one area where I could say, ‘No, I’m not eating that.' Once I got over the control, the eating just came back into place super naturally.”<\/p>\n Malik certainly isn't alone when it comes food issues. Some 10 million American men<\/a> suffer from diagnosable conditions—such as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating—according to the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA). And it's likely many more suffer from other types of disordered eating. <\/p>\n "Disordered eating is on a contiuum," says psychologist Elizabeth Lombardo, PhD, author of Better Than Perfect<\/em><\/a>. It includes abnormal behaviors like not eating for days at a time (as Malik described) or simply skipping meals, she explained in an email to Health<\/em>. "This can be caused by putting health on the back burner and focusing instead on work or taking care of others."<\/p>\n Keep reading to learn five important facts about disordered eating in men.<\/p>\n RELATED: Subtle Signs of Eating Disorders<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n There are twice as many women with eating disorders than men. But research suggests certain eating issues are becoming more common among males. In a study that compared data from surveys taken in 1998 and 2008, researchers found that purging and extreme dieting<\/a> increased at a faster rate in men compared to women.<\/p>\n According to NEDA<\/a>, men with eating disorders often deal with other conditions as well, such as substance abuse, depression, compulsive exercise, or anxiety<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a study that followed more than 13,000 young people from age 14 to age 20, researchers found that the prevalence of eating disorders in the male study participants rose from 1.2% at age 14 to 2.9% at age 20<\/a>.<\/p>\n RELATED<\/strong>: 20 Signs You're Too Obsessed With Your Weight<\/strong><\/p>\n Certain eating disorder behaviors are affecting males at a faster rate than women<\/strong> <\/h3>\n
Disordered eating often accompanies other conditions<\/strong> <\/h3>\n
Men may be at higher risk in their early 20s than in their teens<\/strong> <\/h3>\n
Some signs of disordered eating in men in women are the same<\/strong> <\/h3>\n