Gender Differences in Eating Disorders

By llamontagne

  • Body Under Siege: Eating Disorders and Self-Mutilation Among Women

    Polinska, Wioleta. "Bodies Under Siege: Eating DIsorders and Self-Mutilation Among Women." Journal of American Academy of Religion 68.3 (2002): 569-89. JSTOR. Web. 7 Sept. 2015.
    There is clear evidence inditcating that females suffer from eating disorders more than males. A theory offering an explanation for this states that females inficlt an eating disorder upon themseleves to have control of an aspect of their lives, or for religious reasons.

  • The Role of Body Image in Women's Mental Heath

    Cussins, Anne Marie. "The Role of Body Image in Women's Mental Healthy." Feminist Review 68 (2001): 105-14. JSTOR. Web. 9. Sept. 2015.
    Advertising and images displaying females to be impratically thin often affect the mental health of women. Females suffer from a narcissistic point of view making them vulerable to be affected by such images.

  • Gender Differences in Outcome of Eating Disorders: A Retrospective Cohort Study

    Sweeting, H., and P.West. "Gender Differences in Weight Related Concerns in Early to Late Adolescence." Journal of Epidemiology 56.9 (2002): 700-01. JSTOR. Web. 9. Sept. 2015.
    Both males and females have been diagnosed with eating disorders. However, males are less likely to be found with an eating disorder to due a differance in puberty, and their lack of concern to see medical advice.

  • Gender Differences in Perceptions of the Severity and Prevalence of Eating Disorders

    Mond, Jonathan M., and Anais Arrighi. "Gender Differences in Perceptions of the Severity and Prevalence of Eating Disorders." Early Intervention in Psychiatry 5 (2011): 41-49. Academic Search Premier. Web. 27 Sept. 2015.
    After completeing questions based off of a fictional individual with an eating disorder the results showed that perceptions varied between males and females. Females found eating disorders to be more common, and less severe than males did.