Male Anorexia Diagnosis

When I was in high school a few years ago, I was on the Varsity Wrestling team and was exposed for the first time to weight and maintaining eating habits. I myself lost twenty pounds to make weight, but there is one individual, which stands out in my mind when it comes to the idea of having a eating disorder. This teammate of mine, would constantly be trying to lose to get down to the …showed first 75 words of 837 total…

…showed last 75 words of 837 total…that although the individual could be considered under a non-purging type of bulimia, I would say that his obsession only would occur during the wrestling season and therefore if he was diagnosed with anorexia he would only be meeting his symptoms exclusively during a anorexia episode. This would go against the criterion for bulimia stating that “It does not occur exclusively during episodes of anorexia”. Finally, I personally would diagnose him with anorexia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**