Robbie Williams praised for helping challenge ‘stigma’ around men and eating disorders in Netflix documentary
The IndependentSign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Robbie Williams has been praised for tackling the “stigma” surrounding men and eating disorders after opening up about his own troubled relationship with food. Speaking to The Independent, co-director of UK-based eating disorder charity Beat, Claire Reynolds, explained how comments from prominent figures like Williams can help men who are suffering from similar illnesses. “Because of this stereotype that eating disorders happen to women, men quite often don’t recognise that they might have an eating disorder,” she said. The Beat survey found that as many as seven out of 10 men with eating disorders said that before they became unwell, they’d never heard of or read about another man with an eating disorder.
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