Journal of Food Processing & Technology

Eating disorders in underrepresented male populations

European Food Chemistry & Eating Disorder Congress

July 26-27, 2018 | Amsterdam, Netherlands

Zoe Ross Nash

Nova Southeastern University, USA

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Food Process Techno

Abstract:

Women comprises of 85-90% of the clinical population suffering from a diagnosable eating disorder (Jackson, 2008). Research on eating disorders in men, however, is nearly obsolete (Strother, Lemberg, Stanford & Tubervile, 2012). There are numerous societal and biological reasons why men suffer from eating disorders significantly less frequently than woman. This review will explore the various possibilities accounting for the reasons why men, older men, gay men and ethnic men have been ignored in literature, research and treatment of eating disorders, and the consequences of the dearth of information. It further will address the stigma, environmental, cultural, and biological influences of men with eating disorders. Since the majority of the individuals affected by eating disorders are women, much of the research in this field is catered toward that population, which leaves men with an uncertain etiology, pathology and questionably effective treatment.

Biography :

E-mail: zr100@mynsu.nova.edu