muscle dysmorphia
noun
: pathological preoccupation with the perceived smallness or weakness of one's body and musculature often leading to excessive exercise (such as bodybuilding), steroid abuse, or eating disorders
A typical sufferer of muscle dysmorphia is a man who weighs himself several times a day, compulsively examines himself in the mirror, and fails at relationships because he is unwilling to devote time or energy to others …—
Eileen Smith, USA Today
Eileen Smith, USA Today… researchers from Boston's McLean Hospital compared 30 normal weightlifters to 24 men with muscle dysmorphia—a disorder defined by a pathological preoccupation with increasing muscularity.—Kelly McCarthy, Psychology Today
Kelly McCarthy, Psychology Todaycalled also bigorexia, reverse anorexia
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“Muscle dysmorphia.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/muscle%20dysmorphia. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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