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Debate: Manorexia?

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Forum guest Sara W wondered if there was any reason for a separate word for men with eating disorders

26 Oct
2009
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Is "manorexia" actually distinct from anorexia, or is there no reason to give the illness a different name?

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11 Oct 200612:55

Is "manorexia" actually distinct from anorexia, or is there no reason to give the illness a different name?

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11 Dec 200801:00

Same symptoms but maybe for different underlying reasons.

No reason for different name but Dennis Quaid used it in interview yadda, yadda

Re: Manorexia

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06 Mar 200810:58 

Is "manorexia" actually distinct from anorexia, or is there no reason to give the illness a different name?

I thought manorexia was were men became obsessed with building muscle in the same way a girl becomes obsessed with losing weight. I know this is stupid because there are plenty of males with eating disorders but that was how I always understood the term.
There's also tanorexia for people who are too orange!
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Re: Manorexia

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11 Mar 200810:27 

I thought manorexia was were men became obsessed with building muscle in the same way a girl becomes obsessed with losing weight.  I know this is stupid because there are plenty of males with eating disorders but that was how I always understood the term.

There's also tanorexia for people who are too orange!

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And fanorexia for people who spend their time watching football.

Re: Manorexia

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15 Mar 200716:02

I think that manorexia is just a nickname for men who suffer from anorexia, since it is primarily a woman disorder.

Re: Manorexia

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17 Mar 200715:06

i was an'original' 1980's anorexic and didnt know there was a specific term for male anos, i suppose it is borne out of the dangerous 'trend' anorexia that also includes size zero fashion models.

Re: Manorexia

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05 Feb 200716:41

Does Manorexia refer to body dismorphia perhaps?

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