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 …

…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**