![Paula Quatromoni (above right) spoke to Soledad O’Brien about male athletes with eating disorders.](/sargent/files/2019/08/re-IMG_8616.jpg)
Broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien visited BU to interview Paula Quatromoni, associate professor of nutrition and chair of health sciences, about the often-overlooked topic of male athletes with eating disorders. The segment, filmed for HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, included a tour of BU’s Varsity Athletics Strength and Conditioning Center and the Terrier Fueling Station. “[Eating disorders have] tremendous potential to be hidden and remain invisible and undetected in a male athlete,” Quatromoni said, because they are stereotyped as a female problem. “How are you going to come forward and [admit you’re] suffering with something that makes you feel less masculine?” The episode aired on HBO in February 2019.