Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder known for the afflicted having an incredibly low body weight. Also, they acquire an intense fear of gaining weight and see their body weight in a distorted sense, thinking they are heavier then they really are .
Bulimia is an eating disorder that is known for making the afflicted person have an extreme wanting to stay thin. Many people know of this condition because of the mass-media idea that it is simply throwing up after eating, but there is much more to this disease then what is commonly known
Fun Facts:
• Almost 50% of people with eating disorders meet the criteria for depression
• Only 1 in 10 men and women with eating disorders receive treatment. Only 35% of people that receive treatment for eating disorders get treatment at a specialized facility for eating disorders
• Up to 30 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder (anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder) in the U.S.
• Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.
• 91% of women surveyed on a college campus had attempted to control their weight through dieting.
• 22% dieted “often” or “always.”
• 86% report onset of eating disorder by age 20; 43% report onset between ages of 16 and 20.
• 95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25.
• 25% of college-aged women engage in bingeing and purging as a weight-management technique.
• Over 50% of teenage girls and nearly 33.% of teenage boys skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting, and taking laxatives to control weight
• In a survey of 185 female students on a college campus, 58% felt pressure to be a certain weight, and of the 83% that dieted for weight loss, 44% were of normal weight.
• An estimated 10-15% of people with anorexia or bulimia are male.
• Men are less likely to seek treatment for eating disorders because of the perception that they are “woman’s diseases.”
• 35% of “normal dieters” progress to pathological dieting. Of those, 20-25% progress to partial or full-syndrome eating disorders.
• The body type portrayed in advertising as the ideal is possessed naturally by only 5% of American females.
• 69% of girls in 5th-12th grade reported that magazine pictures influenced their idea of a perfect body shape.
• An estimated 0.5 to 3.7 percent of women suffer from anorexia nervosa in their lifetime.
•Research suggests that about 1 percent of female teenagers have anorexia. An estimated 1.1 to 4.2 percent of women have bulimia nervosa in their lifetime.
• 20% of people suffering from anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder, including suicide and heart problems.
According to a study done by colleagues at the American Journal of Psychiatry (2009), mortality rates were:
• 4% for anorexia nervosa
• 3.9% for bulimia nervosa
• 5.2% for eating disorder not otherwise specified
• Almost 50% of people with eating disorders meet the criteria for depression
• Only 1 in 10 men and women with eating disorders receive treatment. Only 35% of people that receive treatment for eating disorders get treatment at a specialized facility for eating disorders
• Up to 30 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder (anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder) in the U.S.
• Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.
• 91% of women surveyed on a college campus had attempted to control their weight through dieting.
• 22% dieted “often” or “always.”
• 86% report onset of eating disorder by age 20; 43% report onset between ages of 16 and 20.
• 95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25.
• 25% of college-aged women engage in bingeing and purging as a weight-management technique.
• Over 50% of teenage girls and nearly 33.% of teenage boys skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting, and taking laxatives to control weight
• In a survey of 185 female students on a college campus, 58% felt pressure to be a certain weight, and of the 83% that dieted for weight loss, 44% were of normal weight.
• An estimated 10-15% of people with anorexia or bulimia are male.
• Men are less likely to seek treatment for eating disorders because of the perception that they are “woman’s diseases.”
• 35% of “normal dieters” progress to pathological dieting. Of those, 20-25% progress to partial or full-syndrome eating disorders.
• The body type portrayed in advertising as the ideal is possessed naturally by only 5% of American females.
• 69% of girls in 5th-12th grade reported that magazine pictures influenced their idea of a perfect body shape.
• An estimated 0.5 to 3.7 percent of women suffer from anorexia nervosa in their lifetime.
•Research suggests that about 1 percent of female teenagers have anorexia. An estimated 1.1 to 4.2 percent of women have bulimia nervosa in their lifetime.
• 20% of people suffering from anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder, including suicide and heart problems.
According to a study done by colleagues at the American Journal of Psychiatry (2009), mortality rates were:
• 4% for anorexia nervosa
• 3.9% for bulimia nervosa
• 5.2% for eating disorder not otherwise specified