How many teenage girls starve themselves to lose weight?

Answer 1

An estimated 1 in every 200 people suffers from an eating disorder, while about 1 in 5 has or has had disordered eating at some point in their life (yo-yo dieting, fad dieting, fasting, fast food addiction, ect.)

Answer 2

Over 50% of teenage girls use unhealthy weight-control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting, and taking laxatives. Of these 50%, about 2% have anorexia and about 5% have bulimia.

Answer 3

1 out of every 1000 teenage girls have eating disorders

Answer 4

3% of both boys and girls have an eating disorder

Answer 5

I got this info. from- http://www.nimh.nim,gov/health/publications/eating-disorders/

Answer 6

Roughly 1 in every 200 teens suffers from an eating disorder.

Answer 7

It's more common in girls than boys.

Answer 8

It is estimated to be 1 in every 250.