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/

Alarming Statistics

A recent article in The Mac Weekly (Macalester's Independent Student Newspaper) reveals some alarming statistics. They state that according to a recent survey by M.E. Collins almost half of six-year-old girls on the playground are concerned about their weight, with 42 percent of girls in first through third grade wanting to be thinner.

The article goes on to say, "According to the National Eating Disorder Association, a recent study showed that 91 percent of women on a US college campus had attempted to control their weight through dieting..."

Read what Macalester's students are doing to raise awareness and offer support during National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Dying to be thin.

See Also: Eating Disorder Statistics


Thanks to WildAngel6 for the link to the article
http://media.www.themacweekly.com/media/storage/paper1230/news/2008/02/22/Features/Dying.To.Be.Thin.Eating.Disorders.Exposed-3224790.shtml
picture:http://www.flickr.com/photos/mugley/2227098069/