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Young men with an eating disorder are not getting the help and support they need because of a perceptions about a "women's illness", say researchers.
Men are underdiagnosed and undertreated for anorexia and other eating disorders, despite making up about a quarter of cases, a UK study suggests.
Frontline health workers have a key role in identifying eating disorders in young men, they report in BMJ Open.
Men are under pressure to have the "ideal" body image, says a charity.
Researchers from the University of Oxford and University of Glasgow interviewed 39 young people aged 16 to 25, including 10 men, about their experiences of diagnosis, treatment and support for eating disorders.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26935687
Men are underdiagnosed and undertreated for anorexia and other eating disorders, despite making up about a quarter of cases, a UK study suggests.
Frontline health workers have a key role in identifying eating disorders in young men, they report in BMJ Open.
Men are under pressure to have the "ideal" body image, says a charity.
Researchers from the University of Oxford and University of Glasgow interviewed 39 young people aged 16 to 25, including 10 men, about their experiences of diagnosis, treatment and support for eating disorders.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26935687