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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