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Eating disorders are serious mental and physical illnesses, affecting both females and males, requiring professional treatment.
Eating disorders among males are more prevalent than most people would suspect. Close to two million American males may suffer from eating disorders and hundreds of thousands more without a diagnosable eating disorder exhibit obsessions with food, weight, appearance, and/or exercise.
Despite growing awareness over the past decade that males are affected by eating disorders, the issue of males and eating disorders still receives little attention, and far too many males with eating disorders go undiagnosed and untreated.
N.A.M.E.D.'s mission is to provide support to males with eating disorders and their families, to make the public more aware of the issue, and to be a resource of information on the subject.
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Christopher Clark, MA
Executive Director
N.A.M.E.D.
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"It is time to bring into the light an illness of males that has remained hidden in the shadows for too long a time. Armed with information, resources, and support, boys and men with eating disorders will be more willing to seek help for their illness, and health care professionals more prepared to meet their special treatment needs."
- Christopher Clark
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