Disclosed is an anode for secondary batteries, in which an anode mixture including an anode active material and a binder is coated on a current collector, wherein the binder includes a homopolymer having a molecular weight of 1,000,000 to 1,400,000 and the anode active material includes a lithium metal oxide represented by Formula 1 below: LixMyOz  (1) wherein M is Ti, Sn, Cu, Pb, Sb, Zn, Fe, In, Al, or Zr; and x, y, and z are determined according to oxidation number of M.