The ‘silent epidemic’ of eating disorders, with Cheri Levinson, PhD
Speaking of Psychology
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The Role of Men in Eating Disorders
There is this stereotype that it's women and girls are eating disorders more common among women and girls than among boys and men. Depending on the type of disorder we're talking about, it's actually 50% men, 50% women who will develop binge eating disorder. I think another thing that we need to think about is that rates in men are probably a lot higher than we think because all of our assessments and tools that we use have been developed for women.
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