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Title: Transgender College Students More Likely to Have Eating Disorders
Post by: stephaniec on July 30, 2015, 11:12:16 PM

Transgender College Students More Likely to Have Eating Disorders

http://www.hivplusmag.com/stigma/2015/07/30/transgender-college-students-more-likely-have-eating-disorders

HIVPlusMag/BY Jacob Anderson-Minshall.July 30 2015 6:48 PM ET

"A new study reveals especially high rates of eating disorders among transgender college students. Published in the August issue of The Journal of Adolescent Health (the official journal of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine), the results show that the prevalence of eating disorders in transgender students is far highter then those of their cisgender (that is, non-trans) classmates."

Title: Re: Transgender College Students More Likely to Have Eating Disorders
Post by: stephaniec on July 31, 2015, 12:30:16 AM

quite interesting. I had anorexia when I was in college, but I wasn't on hormones.

Title: Re: Transgender College Students More Likely to Have Eating Disorders
Post by: suzifrommd on July 31, 2015, 06:21:56 AM

Makes sense to me. Anorexia is an attempt to assert control over one's body. Much of trans people's distress comes from being unhappy with their bodies.

I suffered from an eating disorder in my 20s. I think my feelings of wanting a feminine body was a major contributor.

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