Eating disorders in underrepresented male populations

Zoe Ross-Nash

doi:10.21767/2471-8203-C1-009

Eating disorders in underrepresented male populations

7^th European Congress on Obesity and Eating Disorder
April 12-13, 2018 Amsterdam, Netherlands

Zoe Ross-Nash

Nova Southeastern University, USA

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Obes Eat Disord

DOI: 10.21767/2471-8203-C1-009

Abstract

Women comprise 85â�?�?�?�?90% of the clinical population suffering from a diagnosable eating disorder. Research on eating disorders in men, however, is nearly obsolete. There are numerous societal and biological reasons men suffer from eating disorders significantly less frequently than woman. This review will explore the various possibilities accounting for the reasons men, older men, gay men and ethnic men have been ignored in literature, research and treatment of eating disorders, and the consequences of the dearth of information. It further will address the stigma, environmental, cultural, and biological influences of men with eating disorders. Since the majority of the individuals affected by eating disorders are women, much of the research in this field is catered towards that population, which leaves men with an uncertain etiology, pathology and questionably effective treatment.