Over 8 million individuals suffer from Eating Disorders in America each year.
It's been estimated that around 10% of Women will suffer from disordered eating at some point.
Roughly 1 in every 200 people or so has an eating disorder or an eating-disorder-like habit.
a lot of people. mostly teens. the feel bad about their body then go starve themselves. they think that will get them thinner. when all they need to do is exercise.
Roughly 1 in every 200 women has an eating disorder. About 1 in every 250 (1% of women) is anorexic. About 5% of women are bulimic.
A lot
too many
Yes, many famous celebrities around the world (along with many common people) do suffer from eating disorders.
Approximately 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States suffer from eating disorders.
People who suffer from eating disorders can talk to many people. For help, they can talk to mental help therapists and / or doctors. For support, they can talk to friends, family, and support groups of others who suffer from eating disorders like they do.
An estimated 1 in every 200 people suffer from and eating disorder. Of that, 90% are female and 10% are male.
Approximately 200,000
For eating disorders, 1 male with suffer for every 9 females. If there were 100 people with eating disorders, 10 would be men and 90 would be women.
There is no exact known number since many that suffer from eating disorders deny having one but according to the BBC News, "There are an estimated 60,000 people in Britain with eating disorders. Nine out of ten are female."
around two million
Approximately 8 million
many people who develop eating disorders also have very low self esteem
The actual brain level is not "lower" in a person with depression or those who suffer from eating disorders. Actually, it is hard to classify them together. In depression, moods are surpressed as are certain chemicals in the body (like seratonin). In eating disorders, the mind is actually often highly active, but is prone to depression and blacking out due to lack of blood, oxygen, and nutrients.
10%-15% of all Americans suffer from an eating disorderAbout 8 million women in the USAAbout 1 million men in the USA1/200 women suffer from anorexia2-3/100 women suffer from bulimia