‘I started to put my self-worth in numbers on a scale’: How eating disorder cases in men are rising

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‘I started to put my self-worth in numbers on a scale’: How eating disorder cases in men are rising   Often stereotyped as a female problem, anorexia is on the rise among men worldwide, with evidence suggesting they are at greater risk of severe illness and death.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/08/27/i-started-to-put-my-self-worth-in-numbers-on-a-scale-how-anorexia-cases-in-men-are-rising  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00I was constantly exercising, I was constantly thinking about food and I didn't really think

00:18that that was a problem. So I started to put my self-worth in numbers on the scale. I started

00:25to value myself on how little I'd eaten, how much I'd exercised, how long I'd gone without eating.

00:42The barrier that men face when it comes to reaching out is being seen as weak or vulnerable

00:47which then hinders their ability to seek support.

00:55People with mental health issues, they do, everybody suffers stigma for having a mental

01:04health condition. But this stigma is double among men with eating disorders.

01:08They're much more likely to develop bulimia and to vomit. They'll describe more isolation.

01:14They'll often undertake a lot more exercise and they'll often feel a lot more paranoid.

01:19And all of this adds up to a sense of emasculation. Men describe that they no longer feel.

01:25like they're male. So there's a huge amount of psychiatric as well as physical co-morbidity

01:30that contributes toward the success of mortality.

01:38There aren't any specific for men and we do need them because there are certain groups

01:42of men that are at particularly high risk. So males who are non-binary, trans people are

01:48particularly high risk. And in America and elsewhere, black males are more likely to be at risk than

01:56white males.

01:56As you get to a level where you kind of feel that you can start to realize that there is a problem,

02:11then obviously talking to a healthcare professional is the gold standard because they are there,

02:19they are trained in this, they are the ones that need to know. And I think it's really important to

02:23always going to say, you are absolutely not alone.

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