EDMONDS, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Many people associate anorexia, bulimia and other eating disorders with women. But an estimated 10 to 15 percent of those suffering from eating disorders are men. And, according to a new study, male disorders are on the rise. Earlier this year, the British Health Service reported a 66 percent increase in the number of men admitted to the hospital for eating disorder treatment in the last 10 years. And, just like women, men can face serious physical and emotional consequences from this disease. Caring Online seeks to inform both men and women of all ages about the dangers of disordered eating, as well as ways to seek treatment.
Caring Online provides a wealth of resources on eating disorders, including detailed information about anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and other forms of eating disorders. Visitors can also take a confidential 100-question eating disorder survey to determine if they may have an eating disorder. Caring Online also offers an online community for eating disorder sufferers, as well as their loved ones.
The online eating disorder resource website was launched by Dr. Gregory L. Jantz, eating disorder expert, author of more than 25 self-help books (including the best-selling Hope, Help, and Healing for Eating Disorders: A New Approach to Treating Anorexia, Bulimia, and Overeating) and founder of The Center for Counseling and Health Resources, an eating disorder treatment center in Edmonds, Wash., focused on providing whole-person treatment.
As eating disorders are a socially isolating disease, it is difficult enough for women to seek help without embarrassment. But men struggle with the additional stigma of being less masculine by suffering from what many consider a woman’s disease. Significantly fewer men with eating disorders seek treatment than women suffering from eating disorders.
“As a result of this shame associated with eating disorders, many men choose to continue to suffer in private rather than getting help,” Dr. Jantz says. “Caring Online offers a discreet way for sufferers as well as their loved ones to learn more about this complicated condition and find viable methods of treatment.”
To find information, questionnaires and other resources about eating disorders, visit Caring Online. To get information about eating disorder treatment, contact The Center for Counseling and Health Resources online or at 1-888-771-5166.