muscle dysmorphia

Males With Body Image Issues And Eating Disorders Are Up To Four Times More Likely To Go Undiagnosed Than Females
Males With Body Image Issues And Eating Disorders Are Up To Four Times More Likely To Go Undiagnosed Than Females

Eating Disorders

Males With Body Image Issues And Eating Disorders Are Up To Four Times More Likely To Go Undiagnosed Than Females

I’m going to suggest something controversial - body image can be just as much an issue for men as it is for women, it’s just that we rarely hear about it from men themselves. We know that talking and being emotionally vulnerable can be hard for men. Add to the equation an ultra-sensitive sore point [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-04T15:36:07+11:00June 26th, 2017|Categories: Eating Disorders|Tags: Bigorexia, body dysmorphia, body image, body issues, eating disorders, male eating disorders, muscle dysmorphia|1 Comment

Muscle Dysmorphia: How Idealised Masculinity Became The New Eating Disorder
Muscle Dysmorphia: How Idealised Masculinity Became The New Eating Disorder

Eating Disorders

Muscle Dysmorphia: How Idealised Masculinity Became The New Eating Disorder

The mirrors bolted to the walls of Sydney's bodybuilding gyms are crowded with impossibly muscled men. It's a smorgasbord of peak health and physical perfection. But Joey Sheather can pick them. The men who have bulked-up too fast, whose passion for fitness has tipped over into obsession. The ones who will never be satisfied no [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2021-03-04T15:35:43+11:00June 19th, 2017|Categories: Eating Disorders|Tags: dysmorphic disorder, eating disorders, male mental health, males, muscle dysmorphia, skinny, thin|0 Comments