Body image bulimia in homosexuals

Tweet Article Contributed By: Males have eating disorders, too. More and more men are developing eating disorders, with gay males being one of the highest risk groups for eating and body image issues. Eating disorders are not just a girl thing. In many states, their marriages are not legal or they can be fired from a job simply for loving someone of the same sex.

Summary Your body image is how you think and feel about your body. It does not necessarily reflect what you see in the mirror or what other people see. Poor body image is not just a female issue - many men are also dissatisfied with their body image. Poor body image in men can be linked to dieting, over-exercising, eating disorders and steroid abuse. Your body image is how you think and feel about your body. Body image involves your thoughts, perceptions, imagination and emotions. It may have little to do with your actual appearance.

November 20 6: After chewing on the information for a while I took away two things from the article: Because it was a disease, right? Some pre-pubescent urge to check what I weighed crept in one day and after that, I began to weigh myself often. My mum kept this battery-operated relic from the 80s underneath her bed.

Abstract Objective This study estimates the prevalence of eating disorders in lesbian, gay, and bisexual LGB men and women, and examines the association between participation in the gay community and eating disorder prevalence in gay and bisexual men. Method One hundred and twenty six white heterosexuals and white, black, Latino LGB men and women were sampled from community venues. Results Gay and bisexual men had significantly higher prevalence estimates of eating disorders than heterosexual men. There were no differences in eating disorder prevalence between lesbian and bisexual women and heterosexual women, or across gender or racial groups.