Eating disorders in males

This is a research summary of the following source: Gorrell, S and Murray, S B (2019) Eating Disorders in Males. Child Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America 28(4): 641–651.    Historically, the association of eating disorders with females has led to the marginalisation of males in the screening, treatment and research of eating disorders. Recent research in psychiatry has begun to indicate the prevalence of eating disorders among males, although these figures may still be a gross underestimate. In America, males comprise approximately one in four presentations of bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa (Hudson et al, 2007). In the United Kingdom, eating disorders in preadolescent males comprise one in three cases (Nicholls et al., 2011).  Figures associated with the prevalence of eating disorders among males may be skewed partly by the fact that screening and assessment of eating disorders often focuses on symptoms that may not directly apply to males. Screenin