Eating Disorders affect men too
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The news that popular teenage actress
Mary-Kate Olson is reportedly being treated for an eating disorder is a
disturbingly familiar tale. It's estimated that some 10 million women suffer
from anorexia or bulimia. But what may surprise you is the fact that a
growing number of people being treated for the disorders are men. CBS News
Correspondent John Roberts reports for The Early Show. "No one saw any real increase in male eating disorders until 5 or 10 years ago and then suddenly, boom! Like something happened," says Dr. Ira Sacker, an eating disorder expert. What happened, say experts, is a media blitz of biceps, six-pack abs and chiseled faces. Men now face the same body-image pressures woman have confronted for decades. And some are falling into the same traps. |