Eating disorders may be more prevalent than you realize. In fact, the latest statistics indicate that more than 30 million people in the U.S. will suffer from an eating disorder, with 10 million of those being men.
Following are other facts about eating disorders:
13% of women over the age of 50 have symptoms of an eating disorder. Children under 12 admitted to the hospital for eating disorders rose 119% in less than a decade.
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness, with nearly 1 person dying every hour as a direct result of their eating disorder.
Sufferers aren’t always underweight; about 35% of binge eating disorder and 30% of bulimia patients are medically obese.
Anorexia is the 3rd most common chronic illness among adolescents, after asthma and obesity.
Over 70% of sufferers will not seek treatment due to stigma, misconceptions, lack of education, diagnosis and lack of access to care.
