FACTS ABOUT EATING DISORDERS
• 90% female, but male population with eating disorders increasing
• Highest mortality rate of any mental illness
• 10 million females, 1 million males currently affected
• Four out of ten people have either experienced an eating disorder or know someone who has
• While many people believe that eating disorders are found more among wealthy white women, this is false: there is virtually no connection to race or money
• Eating disorders were extremely rare, with very little documentation until the early 20th century
CASE STUDY A man is on a wrestling team, and he is being pressured to lose weight so that he can go down a weight class, and be more likely to win. His coach keeps telling him to lose weight,
• 90% female, but male population with eating disorders increasing
• Highest mortality rate of any mental illness
• 10 million females, 1 million males currently affected
• Four out of ten people have either experienced an eating disorder or know someone who has
• While many people believe that eating disorders are found more among wealthy white women, this is false: there is virtually no connection to race or money
• Eating disorders were extremely rare, with very little documentation until the early 20th century
CASE STUDY A man is on a wrestling team, and he is being pressured to lose weight so that he can go down a weight class, and be more likely to win. His coach keeps telling him to lose weight,