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‘Men Get Eating Disorders Too’ is a website for men who are affected by anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, compulsive eating and/or exercise and 'Bigorexia'. We have created this site to provide male sufferers and others with essential information and advice on eating disorders including definitions of what they are and the associated symptoms, treatments and support services available. There are also personal stories and a forum so male users can connect with other men with eating disorders to share their experiences and offer peer support.
The project is being supported by ITV Fixers who have helped us to build the site. ITV Fixers is a major campaign for 16 to 25 year olds to enable them to set up a project about something they care about. For info about them please see their site http://www.itvfixers.com
As featured on 'Meridian Tonight' South-East as an ITV Fixers project.
To watch the report see 'TV and Media.'
Help needed
We are currently looking for volunteers, male or female from any locality, which can help with the project by researching and writing content, creating artwork, website design to name but a few areas. If you would like to get involved in any way or think you have a skill that could benefit us please get in touch. We are particularly keen to hear from any men who have been affected by eating disorders. For more information about volunteering see the 'Getting Involved' section.
Petition
We have set up a petition on the Number 10 website to encourage better service provision for men with eating disorders. This is so that men can get appropriate treatment and care (now closed).
To view the governments response go to http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page22364
Facebook/Twitter
Join our Facebook Fan page to get updates about the site and other news about the campaign. Also, show you support by joining our Causes page. Please invite your friends - this will help us spread word of the site and raise awareness of this much under-represented issue.
We are now on Twitter. Don't hesitate to add us http://twitter.com/mgedt
Contact
If there is something that is not on the site that you would like to see or would like to contact us for any other reason please email Sam Thomas (Project Leader) via our contact page. We would be grateful for any feedback about the site and suggestions in which it can be improved. For support about your eating disorder and info about eating disorder services go to the 'Getting Support' section of the site, where you will find an extensive list of national and local support organisations.
MGEDT is supported by ITV Fixers. Copywrited, 2010 Developed and edited by Sam Thomas
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