Are eating disorders more common among females than males? If so, why?
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Eating disorders is a very wide spectrum of various conditions. Different eating disorders affect men and women at different rates.
Women are more prone to eating disorders like Bulimia and Anorexia as well as self body shaming. While men are more prone to over eating.
Obesity meanwhile affects everyone regardless of background, sex, or age.
A lot of this is cultural. Women are under a lot of pressure to look a certain way and many eating disorders stem from pressure to lose weight and maintain a small figure.
Overeating can often be a sign of depression and stress but not always the case.
Obesity meanwhile is a pandemic in the US and is caused by a variety of factors including wide availability of low-cost high-calorie processed foods, lack of emphasis on physical activity, lack of affordable healthcare, and genetics among others.
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