Women are more likely than men to be dissatisfied with their weight and, as for men, tend to engage in binge eating (overeating) and exercising excessively to control and gain weight. Men who participate in sports such as wrestling, dancing and modeling tend to be more likely to develop an eating disorder. Based on a questionnaire administered by NEDA “to 226 college students (98 males and 128 females) regarding weight, body shape, diet, and exercise history, the authors found that 26% of men and 48% of women were they described as overweight. Women fasted to reduce weight while men often exercised and binged. Again, eating disorders occur at all different ages, but for females and males "the peak risk of onset of binge eating occurred at age 16, while the peak risk of onset of binge eating occurred at age 16. episodes of purging occurred at age 18" (Costin). Binge eating is more common in males and they binge eat to gain weight which means muscles and if they want to lose weight they are more likely not to shed