Eatg disorrs disproportnately affect gay men, but medice hasn't ught up
Contents:
- BULIMIA THE GAY COMMUNY
- EATG DISORRS THE GAY AND LBIAN COMMUNY
- A HIDN EPIMIC: EATG DISORRS THE GAY MUNY
- EATG DISORRS DIVERSE LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL POPULATNS
BULIMIA THE GAY COMMUNY
Now nsir the amount of shame gay mal mt rry and how terribly heavy that shame mt feel. And eatg disorrs are exactly about that--heavy, weighty feelgs. It begs the qutn: Where do all those feelgs go? * eating disorder gay community *
Gay and bisexual boys are more likely to engage food rtrictive behavrs, self-duced vomg, laxative abe and diet pill e orr to ntrol their weight. Gay adult men are seven tim more likely to report bgg and 12 tim more likely to report purgg than heterosexual adult men. As early as 12, gay and lbian and bisexual teens may be at a higher risk of bge-eatg and purgg than heterosexual peers.
In a 2007 study of lbian, gay, and bisexual-intified participants, which was the first to asss DSM diagnostic tegori, gay and bisexual men had a signifintly higher prevalence of lifetime full syndrome bulimia, subclil bulimia, and any subclil eatg disorr.
Gay men are thought to only reprent 5 percent of the total male populatn but among men who have eatg disorrs, 42 percent intify as gay.
EATG DISORRS THE GAY AND LBIAN COMMUNY
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Both mal and femal who intified as gay, lbian, bisexual or "mostly heterosexual" have elevated rat of bge-eatg (seven tim) and purgg by vomg (twelve tim) or laxative abe, than their heterosexual peers.
Experienc of gay bashg that n velop to PTSD. Over the years, gay mal have been thought of as "effemate" nature and nsequently weak.
Psychiatrist Jonathan Tobk, thor of When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need To Know, says, "I would speculate that perhaps eatg disorrs are higher gay and lbian patients bee this populatn tends to be self-cril and, at tim, perfectnistic orr to make up for what they may perceive to be a 'fic' of their sexual orientatn. An earlier study 2007 had explored at the prevalence of eatg disorrs lbian, gay and bisexual men and women.
A HIDN EPIMIC: EATG DISORRS THE GAY MUNY
Part of the rearch examed associatns between participatn the LGBTQ muny and eatg disorr prevalence gay and bisexual men. The rearch was not clear as to why there was a high prevalence of eatg disorrs among gay and bisexual men.
Rearchers this study found that gay and bisexual men had a signifintly higher cince of eatg disorrs when pared to heterosexual men.
EATG DISORRS DIVERSE LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL POPULATNS
Studi 2007 were the first to asss DSM diagnostic tegori, gay and bisexual men had a signifintly higher prevalence of lifetime full syndrome bulimia, subclil bulimia, and any subclil eatg disorr.
At the time, gay men are thought to only reprent 5 percent of the total male populatn the Uned Stat. Yet, for mal who have been diagnosed wh an eatg disorr, 42 percent of them intify as gay. For people who intified as gay, lbian, bisexual or mostly heterosexual, they posssed bge eatg, purgg and laxative abe rat that were much higher than their heterosexual peers.