Males and Anorexia

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The paper explains how in today's mega technological and virtual reality world, young people are seemingly becoming increasingly concerned with body perfection. The paper shows that anorexia nervosa is prevalent amongst both genders and claims that the study of male adolescents has not received the attention it deserves. The study examines the extent to which there is a relationship between male adolescent anorexics and obsessive-compulsive actions. The paper suggests future research to determine if there a relationship between male adolescent anorexia and many factors, including culture, birth weight, social rejection and identity.

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Introduction and Literature Review
Research Purpose, Question and Hypothesis
Definition of Terms
Research Methodology
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"Although males tend to over exercise instead of using other means of purging they do participate in dieting as well and there are three major differences between males and females when it comes to dieting. The first is the reason for dieting, woman tend to diet because they feel fat whereas men start to diet because they had previously been overweight. The second difference is that more often than women, men diet to maintain certain goals in relation to an athletic activity, for example to avoid injury rather than to loose weight. And the last difference is that more men diet to avoid potential medical problems. (Crosscope-Happel, Hutchins, & Hayes, 2000) It is through dieting that men can feel more in control of their lives and more masculine and successful."

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