男性减肥厌食症：当男士们减肥失去控制

Anorexia¹ is no longer just about girls, starving themselves to look thinner. Now at least one million men or young men are battling at the eating disorder². And for many it starts as a simple attempt to get fit, but it can quickly turn into a dangerous struggle for the perfect body.

It was in high school that Craig Laue first started obsessing³ about his weight. After years of being called the fat kid, he decided⁴ to take control and started shedding the pounds.

You get into high school, and not only did I wanna be a better athlete, but you wanna get attention from girls, and you wanna fit in. Everybody else is in shape, and I was always, you know, a pudgier kid with glasses.

Craig started exercising more and eating less, going from 210 pounds to as low as 113 in less than a year.

By the time baseball tryouts came, I had gotten so low that I eventually was cut from the baseball team, because I just...I didn't have the energy to keep up.

While eating disorders⁵ are most often associated with women, experts estimate that one million men in this country suffer from anorexia. Dr. Arnold Anderson is the director of the eating disorders unit at the University of Iowa, College of Medicine.

We're certainly seeing more eating disorders in men, some wanna be wiry thin Mick Jagger, some wanna be lean muscular Brad Pitt, James Bond, some wanna be big and chiseled⁶, like Arnold, the Governor.

And while pop culture has flooded impressionable young women for years with glamourous images suggesting thin is in, now it is harder than ever for boys and young men to escape the quest for the perfect body.

You have these magazines where they are telling you, you know, this is the in-thing , this is the in-thing to wear, this is the way to look, this is the way to wear your hair, this is the way to get your, your 6 packed abs , this is the way to get girls' attention, this is the way to be hunky and sexy and dadada. . . at what cost?

Even some male celebrities⁷ have spoken out about battling anorexia. Actor Denis Kuid, who went from 180 pounds to 138, told Best Life Magazine in March that for many years I was obsessed⁸ about what I was eating? How many calories it had and how much exercise I'd have to do.

Look down here.

Denis.

Guys like Denis Quaid and Bill Bob, and they are in an industry that obviously places a huge premium⁹ on image and I think that's where you start to see problems popping up for those people taking shortcuts¹⁰.

The good news is when caught early the disease can be treated with the right medical care. That was the case for Craig Laue, who after getting the proper mental health therapy, gained back much of the weight. Now at 30 years old, he is a well-known disc jockey, (A new rock from Disturbed, they're up next.) and a healthy 170 pounds.

I think some guys' egos¹¹ may be the machoism, not want to do admit that. They have this kind of problem. It took me a long time to finally be able to talk about it.

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anorexia:a serious illness that makes you want to stop eating and that mainly affects young women. It full medical name is anorexia nervosa 厌食
place a huge premium on:to believe that a particular quality or activity is very important 对...非常重视

1 anorexia   

n.厌食症

参考例句：

• Anorexia can creep up on young girls when they least expect it.年轻女子可能在最没有防备的情況下患上厌食症。
• Anorexia is a common eating disorder.厌食是一种常见的饮食紊乱症。

2 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

3 obsessing   

v.时刻困扰( obsess的现在分词 )；缠住；使痴迷；使迷恋

参考例句：

• Why is everyone obsessing over system specs right now? 为啥现在人人都对系统配置情有独钟？ 来自互联网
• A nitpicker, obsessing over dimes, is too stiff to place orders. 一个连一毛钱都舍不得亏的人，因太过拘谨而不能下单。 来自互联网

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 disorders   

n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 )；凌乱；骚乱；（身心、机能）失调

参考例句：

• Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告，厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 chiseled   

adj.凿刻的，轮廓分明的v.凿，雕，镌( chisel的过去式 )

参考例句：

• Woltz had chiseled the guy, given him peanuts for the book. 乌尔茨敲了这个作家的竹杠，用了他的书，却只给微不足道的一点点钱。 来自教父部分
• He chiseled the piece of wood into the shape of a head. 他把这块木头凿刻成人头的形状。 来自辞典例句

7 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

8 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。

9 premium   

n.加付款；赠品；adj.高级的；售价高的

参考例句：

• You have to pay a premium for express delivery.寄快递你得付额外费用。
• Fresh water was at a premium after the reservoir was contaminated.在水库被污染之后，清水便因稀而贵了。

10 shortcuts   

n.捷径( shortcut的名词复数 )；近路；快捷办法；被切短的东西（尤指烟草）

参考例句：

• In other words, experts want shortcuts to everything. 换句话说，专家需要所有的快捷方式。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Offer shortcuts from the Help menu. 在帮助菜单中提供快捷方式。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

11 egos   

自我，自尊，自负( ego的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Their egos are so easily bruised. 他们的自尊心很容易受到伤害。
• The belief in it issues from the puerile egos of inferior men. 这种信仰是下等人幼稚的自私意识中产生的。