Men, Muscles, and Eating Disorders: an Overview of Traditional and Muscularity-Oriented Disordered Eating

Jason M. Lavender; Tiffany A. Brown; Stuart B. Murray

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Men, Muscles, and Eating Disorders: an Overview of Traditional and Muscularity-Oriented Disordered Eating

Jason M. Lavender Tiffany A. Brown

Stuart B. Murray

Current Psychiatry Reports Vol. 19 No. 6 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Jason M. Lavender, Tiffany A. Brown, Stuart B. Murray (2017). Men, Muscles, and Eating Disorders: an Overview of Traditional and Muscularity-Oriented Disordered Eating. Current Psychiatry Reports, 19(6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-017-0787-5

Men, Muscles, and Eating Disorders: an Overview of Traditional and Muscularity-Oriented Disordered Eating

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