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Binge Eating Men Also At Risk
By Kristin Gerstley

Binge Eating Disorder affects just about as many men as it does women, even though the stereotype is that eating disorders are thought to be a women's disorder. This stereotype is...

... Incorrect. There are 25 million people that struggle daily with Binge Eating Disorder. Out of that 25 million, you may be surprised to know that 40% are men. According to Wikipedia.com, this means that three women for every two men suffer from Binge Eating Disorder.

There are different reasons as to why men develop Binge Eating Disorder. One cause is if they play or played sports sometime in their life that required them to be thin or to lose a lot of weight for a particular competition, such as a...
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