How aware are people regarding eating disorders in general? Survey results.

Eating disorders are serious psychological illnesses in which a person develops unhealthy eating habits. Eating disorders are mental illnesses that are being addressed by people, as more people suffering from them are coming forward. They are classified as a female disease, being the reason a lot of men don't come forward and accept that they suffer from an eating disorder.

Our team held a survey to test how much information people have regarding eating disorders, particularly, in men.

Eating disorders are most common in young adolescents of 15-20 years. Through the survey, we found out that most people are not even aware of the age group in which eating disorders are most common. Out of 101 responses, 74.3% of people were not aware of the right age. Only 54.8% of people knew the age at which eating disorders are most common.

When asked if eating disorder issues are addressed by our society, most of the responses said 'No'.

We all know that males also suffer from eating disorders, but the question is that are they actually addressed by society? from 102 responses, 65.2% said 'No', while 9.85% responded with a 'Yes'. 27.2% of 102 people were not sure.

The next question was about the detection of eating disorders. It is a common misconception that eating disorders can be detected in a person through their body image. However, it is entirely wrong. A normal and healthy-looking person may be suffering from any kind of eating disorder, be it male or female. Similarly, a person with an extremely thin figure may not have a disorder.

There were varied responses to this question. 41% of people's responses show that they are not aware of this matter.

Why do men hesitate to accept that they have an eating disorder? To these questions, the main response we received was that societal pressure does not allow men to come forward with their problems, as eating disorder issues are mainly regarded as female issues.

All around the world, eating disorders are being addressed. however, in our society, they are not being given much importance. The government of Pakistan has not made much effort to tackle eating disorders, and a lot of people are conscious of it.

When we compare the efforts of Pakistan and the USA on dealing with eating disorders, the efforts of the USA are more efficient and impressive than Pakistan.

As Pakistan has not yet started to tackle the issue of developing eating disorders, we asked the opinion of people regarding the methods that can be effective in dealing with eating disorders. the main response we received was to spread awareness through different methods.

Through this survey, we concluded that a lot of people do not have basic information about eating disorders, but as it is a growing issue in society, efforts are being made to address this issue as a serious problem.