Eating Disorders Awareness Week: Did You Know......?

Did you know that ...

• 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
• The current media ideal of thinness is achieved by less than 5% of the female population
• more than 50% of 10 year old girls wish they were thinner
• 8 out 10 women are not happy with their reflection 
• 8 million people in the US suffer from an ED
• 90% are women/girls
• 10 to 15 percent are male
• 15 percent of young women in the US who are not diagnosed with an eating disorder exhibit substantially disordered eating behavior and attitude.
• Approximately 50 percent of anorexics will develop bulimia or bulimic behaviors.
• 90 percent of women with eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25.
• Approximately 60 percent of those with an eating disorder that seek treatment will recover.
• Without treatment up to 20 percent of those with serious eating disorders will die.
• 80% of children are afraid of being fat

• In your lifetime 50,000 people will die as a direct result of their Eating Disorder.

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information compiled from the following sites:
http://www.eatingdisorderinfo.org
http://www.anred.com

Eating Disorder Statistics

*Statistics show that 1 in 5 women suffer from an eating disorder.

*70 million individuals are affected by eating disorders worldwide, with 24 million being
American.

*10 to 15 percent are male.

*90 percent of women with eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25.

*Currently approximately 11 percent of high school students have been diagnosed with an eating disorder.

*15 percent of young women in the US who are not diagnosed with an eating disorder exhibit substantially disordered eating behavior and attitude.

*4 percent of college-aged women have bulimia.

*Approximately 50 percent of anorexics will develop bulimia or bulimic behaviors.

* 31 percent of teenage girls in the US and 28 percent of teenage boys in the US are overweight.

*15 percent of US teenage girls and almost 14 percent of US teenage boys are obese.

*It is estimated that 1 percent of women in the US have binge eating disorder.

*Approximately 60 percent of those with an eating disorder that seek treatment will recover.

*Without treatment up to 20 percent of those with serious eating disorders will die.

*At least 50,000 individuals will die as the result of an eating disorder.





information compiled from the following sites:
http://www.eatingdisorderinfo.org
http://www.anred.com

picture source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tollieschmidt/3658312050/