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Up to 10 million females and 1 million males struggle with eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. The Binge eating disorder is experienced by millions more.


Up to 80 percent of women show signs of an eating disorder at some point.


Up to 24 million people in the United States experience some form of an eating disorder.

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Who do eating disorders affect?

Usually the eating disorder starts in the mind. Eating disorders are psychological disorders (image disorders).


Both women and men suffer from eating disoders?

Yes, although anorexia nervosa in women is much more popular.


How many people in the US struggle with eating disorders?

Approximately 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States suffer from eating disorders.


What kind of eating disorder is more likely to affect men than women?

Muscle dysmorphia. But men do get other eating disorders as well, it's just that the amount of women is more.


Which one of these eating disorders is more likey to affect men than women?

Muscle Dysmorphia is more likely to affect men than women.


Why do young men and women develop unhealthy eating behaviors or disorders?

Young Men and Women develop unhealthy eating behaviors and disorders, sometimes because they're nervous about something so they just eat what they have near them. Many develop eating disorders because they feel that they're not perfect. they have to look this good in order for people to them to like them. And because they can be made fun because of their weight and how they look. That's how anorexia comes into play. That's a reason that young men and women develop unhealthy eating behaviors and disorders.


Which one of the eating disorders is more likely to affect men than women?

muscle dysmorphia


What percentage of anorexia are women?

10% of all those with eating disorders are male.


Why do more women than men have eating disorders?

because lots of women are so conscious about their weight and starve themselves because they want to be accepted by men and by other people. which normally leads to anorexia.


Women make up what percentage of eating disorders?

I used to always hear it was about 10% but I just found this: February 2007: Researchers at Harvard University Medical School have new data that suggests that up to 25 percent of adults with eating disorders are male.


How many males vs females will develop an eating disorder?

For eating disorders, 1 male with suffer for every 9 females. If there were 100 people with eating disorders, 10 would be men and 90 would be women.


Which of these eating disorders is more likely to affect men than women?

Did the test it's.... D. Muscle dysmorphia