Male bulimia: 'I told myself, boys eat a lot'

Author Tom Pollock has told BBC Radio 5 live that he didn’t realise he had bulimia because the image people have of someone with an eating disorder is a ‘teenage girl’.

Tom, who writes about mental illness in his latest novel, said that when he was diagnosed with bulimia, age 24, his initial reaction was one of disbelief.

Tom said people should talk about it more: “Telling other people means they can help”.

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