Muscularity-driven Eating Disorders in Boys & Men with Dr Jason Lavender

Middle East Eating Disorders Association Podcast

In this episode, MEEDA VP Carine El Khazen meets Dr Jason Lavender.
Dr. Jason Lavender, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and the Deputy Director of Research for the Military Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (MiCOR) Program with the Metis Foundation. Dr. Lavender’s research broadly focuses on elucidating risk/maintenance factors for eating and weight disorders, particularly emotion and emotion dysregulation, personality and temperament, and neurocognitive functioning. His research additionally focuses on unique factors related to the manifestation and assessment of eating disorder symptoms among boys and men, including muscularity-oriented disordered eating.

Together, Carine and Dr Lavender discuss:

- Dr Lavender's work in the field to advance ED detection in men and change typical female-oriented evaluation tools
- Prevalence of muscularity-oriented nature ED within the male US population
- American College-age men's concerns and issues around their bodies
- How to draw a line between a balanced relationship with fitness/food/body & concerning behaviours that might stay under the radar if these appear as “bio-hacking” or “gaining strength/performance”
- Understanding and defining bigorexia, also called reverse anorexia
- The problem with unrealistic male body ideals online and how they lead boys and men to muscularity-driven ED
Find Dr Jason Lavender's research via www.researchgate.net or on Twitter @drjasonlavender
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