Bisexual men more prone to eatg disorrs than gay or straight men, study fds

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7 IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT GAY AND BI MEN WHO SUFFER FROM EATG DISORRS

” By beg physilly larger, men try to protect themselv om beg an ongog victim of aggrsn (Man, 2008) Orientatn“Most men wh body image disorrs are straight and most gay men do not have body image disorrs, ” reports Man (2008, p.

Wh that md, symptoms related to eatg disorr issu were found to crease 10 tim more wh gay and bisexual men than wh heterosexual men (Strong, Williamson, Netemeyer, & Geer, 2000).

Also, a sample of 135 mal wh eatg disorrs, 42% of the bulimic patients nsired themselv to be eher gay or bisexual. Concern over body shape and weight is prevalent among homosexual mal and n bee pathologil. However there are subcultur wh the gay culture; not all of which strs body image.

BISEXUAL MEN MORE PRONE TO EATG DISORRS THAN GAY OR STRAIGHT MEN, STUDY FDS

More heterosexual femal stggle wh body image ncerns than gay mal. Therefore beg a gay male is not, self, predictive of mal velopg an eatg disorr or mcle dysmorphia; however homosexualy is an ditn for a male to be more at risk of velopg a disorr (Man, 2008) men, who experience nfn around sexual orientatn, fd fort weight loss as a product of rtricted eatg.

Approximately 15% of gay and bi men will stggle wh an eatg disorr at some pot their liv, and 42% of men wh an eatg disorr intify as gay or bisexual, so ’s important to unrstand why and how we n put a stop to this trend.

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Bisexual men more prone to eatg disorrs than gay or straight men, study fds.

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