Men Face Unique ED Challenges

The problem with eating disorders being so much more common in women is that men can have a hard time knowing what they're facing. And others may not see it as easily, either. If you see a man on the street who's extremely thin, do you wonder about an eating disorder, or do you assume something else? Does this differ from how you see a very thin woman?

If a man eats more than you might expect at a sitting, he might get a pat on the back from his buddies and some admiring comments. It doesn't mean that he's not binging, though.

The question is (if the claims of some researchers are true) why men are continuing to close the gap with women. Gay men with eating disorders remain more common than straight men, but straight men are gaining on gay men as well.

• How different kinds of men fall into eating disorders
• Men's body image issues getting more complex
• The face of bigorexia