Eating disorders are serious, potentially life threatening mental illnesses. A person with an eating disorder has not made a ‘lifestyle choice’, they are actually very unwell and need help.

While eating disorders are often portrayed as illnesses that only affect females, large population studies suggest that up to a quarter of people suffering with Anorexia Nervosa or Bulimia Nervosa are male, and almost an equal number of males and females suffer with Binge Eating Disorder. We also know that underdiagnosis and cultural stigma mean that the actual proportion of males with eating disorders could be much higher.