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Article: Alarming rise in eating disorders among men; HEALTH: Male population increasingly suffering from anorexia nervosa and bulimia.(News)
- Article from:
- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- February 4, 2002
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Byline: ROBIN TURNER
AN alarming rise in eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia has been reported in Welsh men.
Campaigners for better treatment for Wales's estimated 32,000 men and women suffering serious eating problems have dismissed services here as "woefully inadequate", even though bulimia and anorexia patients have higher death rates than schizophrenics.
The counselling and campaign organisation Eating Disorders Wales says there has been a huge rise in men coming to them for help. Psychotherapists have also reported a big ...