Video by:H2Oh518
Statistics from video:
- 8 million people in the US suffer from an ED
- 90% are women/girls
- 8 out 10 women are not happy with their reflection
- 80% of children are afraid of being fat
- more than 50% of 10 year old girls wish they were thinner
- Americans spend more than 40 billion a year on diet and beauty products
- The average American woman is 5'4" and 140 pounds
- The average American model is 5' 11" and 117 pounds
- In your lifetime 50,000 people will die as a direct result of their Eating Disorder
- The current media ideal of thinness is achieved by less than 5% of the female population