OUR PROJECT SCOPE AND MISSION

We hope to investigate a gap in literature regarding eating disorders in men. This includes an in-depth analysis of existing literature on eating disorders, their epidemiology and treatment, medical biases in mental health care, mental health literacy, and stigma. Team UNITED seeks to find the prevalence of eating disorders in male identifying individuals and understand related attitudes and behaviors as associated with various intersecting identities. The proposed methodology is a sequential mixed method design consisting of a survey phase and data analysis phase. It is anticipated that there will be observable trends in how the perception of eating disorders affects health-seeking behavior.