In a March 17 article on BCLocalNews.com, writer Martin van den Hemel reported that Canadian health experts are becoming increasingly aware of the prevalence of eating disorders among men and boys:

Over the last few years, researchers have come to the realization that as many as one in four who suffer from anorexia or bulimia are male, said University of B.C. professor Dr. Laird Birmingham, senior scientist with the Child and Family Research Institute in Vancouver.

"Previously, some people thought eating disorders didnt occur much at all in males, whereas other people in certain centres that specialized in males with eating disorders thought they were very common," Birmingham said [March 16], ahead of a public forum on eating disorders in Richmond [on March 24].

But a cross-Canada nutrition survey conducted by the federal government four years ago suggested men accounted for 20 to 25 per cent of people with eating disorders.

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