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Male anorexia highlighted by 海角直播 Graphic Design graduate

The eating disorder of anorexia has sometimes been viewed as one that affects women rather than men. However, a survey from the Eating Disorders Association (EDA) in 2000 revealed that 10 per cent of people with eating disorders were in fact, men. University of 海角直播 BA (Hons) Graphic Design graduate Paul Clay highlighted the problem of male anorexia in his final year project.

Paul, 22, from Bishop Auckland, designed a fictional company entitled 鈥楨scape鈥�, to raise awareness of the issue. He consulted the EDA while planning his project, which consists of a corporate identity, a series of promotional billboards, a magazine article and three double-page spreads. Paul said: 鈥淚 first came across the issue when I was researching my final year dissertation on images of masculinity in advertising and magazine fashion photography. Previously I wasn鈥檛 aware of the existence of male anorexia; I hadn鈥檛 given it much thought. My friends on the course weren鈥檛 aware of it either. From a design point of view this is a largely untapped area.

鈥淎lthough the EDA statistics say that 10 per cent of men suffer from eating disorders, the real figures may be much higher, as men may be reluctant to admit they have this illness. My project shows that men have someone to talk to about this, that they鈥檙e not alone.鈥�

Paul came to the Middlesbrough-based University with three 鈥楢鈥� levels in Graphic Design, English Literature and Painting and Drawing from Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form in Darlington. He said: 鈥淭he Graphic Design degree was really good, interesting and challenging. You could work with typographics, acetates, photography, and negotiate your own projects.鈥�

For more information on the BA (Hons) degree in Graphic Design at the University of 海角直播 call 01642 384019, or check the University of 海角直播鈥檚 web site at www.tees.ac.uk

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