Anorexia does not always affect women. About 10% of anorexics are male. Anorexia - and most other eating disorders - are more common in women for a few reasons. Women naturally are more social, and thus focus on social pressures more then men. When social pressures demand thin-ness, women are more likely to develop eating disorders. A woman also experiences more changes in her body (pregnancy, for example) that can fuel body dislike and eating disorders. Women also tend to be more critical of each other than men are to each other. This harshness or bullying can lead to low self esteem and eating disorders, too.
Although males comprise only about 1/10 of all people with anorexia, when they do have anorexia they are affected as severely as are women with the same illness. Males are affected by anorexia in the same way as women are: for example, they can have organ failure, extreme emaciation, and even death. However, males with anorexia may not be taken as seriously as women because anorexia is often viewed as a women's disease.
While anorexia can affect a person of any ethnicity or race, it is most commonly seen in Caucasian lesbian women and gay men
anorexia and bulimia
Anorexia can affect anyone, but most commonly is seen in girls and young women in middle- and upper-class families.
Over 90% of patients diagnosed with the disorder as of 1998 are female
Anorexia can (and does) affect all systems and parts of the body.
While an eating disorder can affect either gender equally, more women tend to suffer from anorexia and bulimia while more men tend to suffer from muscle dysmorphia, protein abuse, and anorexia athletica.
of course is anorexia don't try it is bad for you
Anorexia affrects women to men in a ratio of about 9 to 1.
Muscle Dysmorphia, Anorexia Athletica, and Steriod Abuse affect more men than women. Body Dismorphic Disorder (BDD) can affect men and women equally.
Anorexia is estimated to affect 1 in every 250 people.
Muscle dysmorphia and anorexia athletica, and orthorexia affects men and women roughly equally.