Eating Disorders for Males

Did you know that there are about one million males suffering from eating disorders in America? That’s one out of every four people that have a eating disorder. This disorder can be caused by many things: sports, “perfection”, society, and the way media treats us. When you say the word anorexia, girls are normally the first thing that pops into ones head, and that is a huge problem because boys suffer from it too. Most people don’t know that boys suffer from this and they can’t get help because mostly all the help that is offered is directed for females. Due to the fact that there is so little help offered to males, they feel that their condition is to girly and takes away their sense of manhood and so when they come to terms that they need help it is either after they are to sick to function in a normal life or it is to late. Males are just has pressured about being “perfect” has females are. They are obsessed with looking good. They have to look good so society will recognize them has “the perfect guy” and they feel that they have to look good to get a girlfriend or even friends for that matter, because their mindset is who wants to know someone ugly? Schools also play a big part in this. There are programs that talk about teens eating healthy. This is interpreted has what they are eating currently isn’t good enough and that they need to eat less. This is so bad. Schools should take better care in the way they give their message. Eating healthy doesn’t mean eat less.