The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 02, 2005, Page 10, Image 10
More men battling their weight
By HOWARD COHEN
KRT CAMPUS
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MIAMI — Max Turner realized
he had a problem when his weight
topped out at 95 pounds. The 19
year-old is 5 feet, 11 inches.
“So skewed was my view of
myself, that I did not even realize
that I had lost any weight until I
went to the campus health center
for a regular check-up and saw my
weight,” the University of
Southern California student said
via e-mail.
For Buck Winthrop, a
writer/publicist in Miami Beach,
the challenge is fighting his food
obsession. “I eat one M&M and
have to call 1-800-Jenny, literally.
You think about every morsel you
put in your mouth and how it will
translate. My whole life revolves
around that.”
Eating disorders — they’re not
just for women anymore.
With six-pack abs and tony
triceps plastered across magazine
covers and ads, a growing number of
men — and boys — are contending
with anorexia, "binge-and-purge
eating and obsessive workouts.
“Men have a long way to go to
catch up (to women) but they are
closing the gap,” says Dr. Leigh
Cohn, coauthor of “Making
Weight: Men’s Conflicts With
Food, Weight, Shape &
Appearance”
Ten years ago, one out of 10
males had an eating disorder;
today, it’s two in 10 and spiraling
down to the preteen set, research
shows.
“Ten years ago it was unheard of
for a guy to have bulimia,” said
Dan Montesi, a counselor at Belen
Preparatory School, the Jesuit
private school in West Miami
Dade for boys in grades six to 12.
“I’m seeing more and more of it,
and not just at Belen but across the
board.”
An April 2001 report in the
Journal of the American
Psychiatric Association said one
male suffered from anorexia for
every four females; for bulimia —
it’s one male for every eight to 11
females.
The quest for college
scholarships or potential big
money in pro athletics exacerbates
the problem, Montesi says. “I’m
seeing a lot of guys chomping at
the bit to get into the weight room
to get big. When I was in school
there were a couple sports teams in
there. Now a whole slew of kids are
going in there to fit an image.”
h’s not just teens.
“I went cijtzy on every diet in
the world,” said the 42-year-old
Winthrop.
Recently, he underwent
liposuction to get rid of the extra
layer around his midsection.
“It made me happier. If I binge
and gain weight in other places and
look strange it’s back to the
♦ Please see EATING, page 10
PHOTO COURTESY OF KRT CAMPUS
Forty-two-year-old Buck Winthrop completes his workout at the
David Barton Gym in the Delano Hotel on Miami Beach.
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