Five cases of male eating disorders in Central China.
OBJECTIVE
Despite the recent surge of eating disorders among women in large Asian cities, male eating disorder cases remain rare. The current article described 5 male eating disorder cases that presented within a period of 2 years in Wuhan, a city in central China.


METHODS
The authors described 4 cases of anorexia nervosa (2 restrictive, 2 bulimic) and 1 case of normal weight bulimia nervosa.


RESULTS
Fear of fat was reported for all 5 cases, and none of the cases reported homosexuality.


CONCLUSIONS
Sociocultural changes and westernization most probably accounted for the increasing incidence of eating disorders among male and female youngsters in China today.
Tong
Jun
J
Wuhan Mental Health Clinic, Tongji Medical College Teaching Hospital, Central China University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Miao
Shao Jiang
SJ
Wang
Jian
J
Zhang
Jian Jun
JJ
Wu
He Min
HM
Li
Tao
T
Hsu
L K George
LK
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001823:Body Composition; D001828:Body Image; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005239:Fear; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors