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Men with Eating Disorders
The number of men with eating disorders is uncertain:
The number of men with eating disorders is uncertain:
- The Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center says up to 10 million Americans struggle with compulsive eating today, and 10 percent are male.
- The Harvard Eating Disorders Center puts the total at 5 million and says that includes 3 percent of women and 1 percent of men.
- The
National Institute of Mental Health says it doesn't know
how many are afflicted and it's trying to find out. The
institute does report that whatever the total of all
eating disorders, of those with anorexia, 1 in 10 will
ultimately die of starvation, suicide or medical complications
such as heart attacks or kidney failure.
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