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Five cases of male eating disorders in Central China
Jun Tong1, Shao Jiang Miao, Jian Wang
1Wuhan Mental Health Clinic, Tongji Medical College Teaching Hospital, Central China University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Objective:
Despite the recent surge of eating disorders among women in large Asian cities, male eating disorder cases remain rare. The current article described 5 male eating disorder cases that presented within a period of 2 years in Wuhan, a city in central China.
Methods:
The authors described 4 cases of anorexia nervosa (2 restrictive, 2 bulimic) and 1 case of normal weight bulimia nervosa.
Results:
Fear of fat was reported for all 5 cases, and none of the cases reported homosexuality.
Discussion:
Sociocultural changes and westernization most probably accounted for the increasing incidence of eating disorders among male and female youngsters in China today.
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