Roberto Olivardia

Even if they can admit or see themselves as looking muscular, they fear if they don't work out, then they're going to lose all their muscle tomorrow. They will constantly compare themselves to other people. And then the compulsive behaviors are they might be working out multiple hours a day at the gym. A lot of avoidant behaviors.

The guys that I treat with muscle dysmorphia are not the ones that would be sporting their muscles in Venice Beach, for example. Okay. These are the guys who, despite being in good shape, they might wear long sleeve shirts on a 90 degree day because they think their arms look too puny or too scrawny.

The guys that I treat with muscle dysmorphia are not the ones that would be sporting their muscles in Venice Beach, for example. Okay. These are the guys who, despite being in good shape, they might wear long sleeve shirts on a 90 degree day because they think their arms look too puny or too scrawny.

The guys that I treat with muscle dysmorphia are not the ones that would be sporting their muscles in Venice Beach, for example. Okay. These are the guys who, despite being in good shape, they might wear long sleeve shirts on a 90 degree day because they think their arms look too puny or too scrawny.

Exactly. And then because of that, as you can imagine, like if the preoccupation is on muscle size and you have a substance like anabolic steroids, which can create muscle growth, there's a high percentage of these men that then are at risk for using anabolic steroids.

Exactly. And then because of that, as you can imagine, like if the preoccupation is on muscle size and you have a substance like anabolic steroids, which can create muscle growth, there's a high percentage of these men that then are at risk for using anabolic steroids.

Exactly. And then because of that, as you can imagine, like if the preoccupation is on muscle size and you have a substance like anabolic steroids, which can create muscle growth, there's a high percentage of these men that then are at risk for using anabolic steroids.

Yeah. So for 30 years, I've been researching treating boys and men with eating disorders. And interestingly, my research was first on the typical presentations of eating disorders, things like anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder in boys and men.

Yeah. So for 30 years, I've been researching treating boys and men with eating disorders. And interestingly, my research was first on the typical presentations of eating disorders, things like anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder in boys and men.

Yeah. So for 30 years, I've been researching treating boys and men with eating disorders. And interestingly, my research was first on the typical presentations of eating disorders, things like anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder in boys and men.

And then I would post ads for studies and I would get a lot of calls from men that said, well, I used to be anorexic where I starved myself, but I realized I didn't want to be skinny. I just wanted to be lean. And then they would say, it's almost like the pendulum swung in the other direction.

And then I would post ads for studies and I would get a lot of calls from men that said, well, I used to be anorexic where I starved myself, but I realized I didn't want to be skinny. I just wanted to be lean. And then they would say, it's almost like the pendulum swung in the other direction.

And then I would post ads for studies and I would get a lot of calls from men that said, well, I used to be anorexic where I starved myself, but I realized I didn't want to be skinny. I just wanted to be lean. And then they would say, it's almost like the pendulum swung in the other direction.

I'm still as obsessed with food, except I'm eating the food, but now I'm obsessed with working out and getting big and muscular. Mm-hmm. So muscle dysmorphia, that's a term that we coined my colleagues and I because we hadn't really heard of this. One of the studies I conducted years ago that actually compared men with muscle dysmorphia with men with anorexia nervosa.

I'm still as obsessed with food, except I'm eating the food, but now I'm obsessed with working out and getting big and muscular. Mm-hmm. So muscle dysmorphia, that's a term that we coined my colleagues and I because we hadn't really heard of this. One of the studies I conducted years ago that actually compared men with muscle dysmorphia with men with anorexia nervosa.

I'm still as obsessed with food, except I'm eating the food, but now I'm obsessed with working out and getting big and muscular. Mm-hmm. So muscle dysmorphia, that's a term that we coined my colleagues and I because we hadn't really heard of this. One of the studies I conducted years ago that actually compared men with muscle dysmorphia with men with anorexia nervosa.

And we found that they scored fairly similarly on a number of different scales. It was just a different manifestation. So they were just as dissatisfied with their bodies.

And we found that they scored fairly similarly on a number of different scales. It was just a different manifestation. So they were just as dissatisfied with their bodies.

And we found that they scored fairly similarly on a number of different scales. It was just a different manifestation. So they were just as dissatisfied with their bodies.

They were just as obsessive compulsive about calories and food and things to the point where the kind of toothpaste he might brush his teeth with is going to be scrutinized because of the amount of sodium or sugar alcohols or things like that. I mean, we're talking... really granular level.