Okemos, Mich.: Susan Barry, 60, spends every day wishing she had known more about male anorexia when her son, TJ Warschefsky, was still alive. He died in 2007 at the age of 22 after an eight-year battle with the disease. His heart gave out in the middle of his nightly routine of 1,000 sit-ups. He weighed 78 pounds.“He didn’t want to be skinny,” Barry said of TJ, who was a star athlete and straight-A student. “He wanted a six pack, he wanted rock hard abs. That’s how it all started.”
This is just one of the many stories on this site. People hear anorexia and think it's a girl's disease, but at least one million males in the United States struggle with anorexia or bulimia. It seems that the disease is increasing among boys, but it could be that they are just more comfortable "coming out" now. One in four people suffering from anorexia are male and it makes it embarrassing for them to come out because people believe it's a girl's disease. Something needs to be done about this.
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This is just one of the many stories on this site. People hear anorexia and think it's a girl's disease, but at least one million males in the United States struggle with anorexia or bulimia. It seems that the disease is increasing among boys, but it could be that they are just more comfortable "coming out" now. One in four people suffering from anorexia are male and it makes it embarrassing for them to come out because people believe it's a girl's disease. Something needs to be done about this.
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