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Brick, N.J.: Lindsey Avon and her 28-year-old husband Victor have been together for 10 years. But when Victor decided to lose some weight in college, Lindsey had no idea what he was really going through. It wasn’t until Victor checked himself into an inpatient eating disorder treatment center that Lindsey, 29, realized her then-boyfriend was fatally anorexic.
Santa Cruz, Calif.: Nearly all of Avi Sinai’s school friends were girls, who constantly talked about how “fat” they were and how they longed to be thinner. Avi’s mom and his girlfriends’ mothers were shocked that Avi, just 10 at the time, was the one who succumbed to the obsession with being skinny.
The Daily Nightly - Boys dying to be thin: the new face of anorexia
Seeded on Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:04 PM EST
Article Source: msnbc.com
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Their stories may sound rare, but experts say cases like Avi Sinai, Victor Avon and TJ Warschefsky are growing more and more common. Far from the world of beauty magazines, pin-thin celebrities and runway models, anorexia is striking what many consider to be an unlikely group: boys and young men.
“When the majority of people hear the word anorexia, they automatically assume it’s a girls' disease,” said Victor, who works in his family’s construction business and has since recovered. “The reality of anorexia is that it’s a psychological illness that does not discriminate,” he said.
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#1 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:05 PM ESTThis is such a sad disorder. There is help for anorexics, if they get it before it's too late.
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Geez, if you can see your kids ribs, you know he or she is not eating a normal diet.
#2 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:20 PM ESTMinnieApolis,
Many children with eating disorders hide the fact. They are so uncomfortable with their bodies, that they don't show their ribs, or much of the rest of their body.
If you were to put a sweat shirt on that boy, you wouldn't know he was that thin by his face.
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