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muscle dysmorphia
noun
A disorder in which an individual becomes obsessed that they are not muscular enough.
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A longtime weight lifter, O'Connor was in the business of treating muscle dysmorphia — a kind of reverse anorexia.
According to Dr Stuart Murray, who led the study: "This does not mean that the men with anorexia were any less masculine, nor that the men with muscle dysmorphia were less feminine.
Recent research from Australia found that men with a high drive for muscularity, as manifested in the muscle dysmorphia of "bigorexia", had a greater preference for traditional masculine roles, whereas men with a high desire for thinness (as in anorexia nervosa) displayed greater adherence to traditional feminine roles.
Body talk about weight was associated with upper body dissatisfaction, symptoms of muscle dysmorphia, and disordered eating attitudes and behaviors.
Muscle dysmorphia has been described as a disorder in which individuals are pathologically preoccupied with their muscularity.
Muscle dysmorphia (MD) is a preoccupation with the idea that one's body is insufficiently lean and muscular and considered as a body image disorder in men.
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