90 to 95 percent of anorexics and bulimics are
women.
- 42% of 1st-3rd grade girls want to be thinner
(Collins, 1991).
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- 81% of 10 year olds are afraid of being fat (Mellin
et al., 1991).
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- The average American woman is 5'4" tall and
weighs 140 pounds. The average American model is 5'11" tall and weighs 117
pounds. Most fashion models are thinner than 98% of American women (Smolak, 1996).
51% of 9 and 10 year old girls feel better about
themselves if they are on a diet (Mellin et al., 1991)
46% of 9-11 year olds are "sometimes" or
"very often" on diets, and 82% of their families are "sometimes" or
"very often" on diets (Gustafson-Larson & Terry, 1992)
In the book Reviving Ophelia Mary Pipher,
Ph.D. states that:
on any given day, half of American teenage girls
are dieting
1 in 5 young women has an eating disorder
8 million American women have eating disorders
Dr. Charles Murkovsky of Gracie Square Hospital in
New York City states that:
20% of American college women binge and purge on a
regular basis
Kim Chernin in The Hungry Self reports
that:
at least half the women on college campuses in the
US suffer at some time from anorexia or bulimia
Joan Jacobs Brumberg in Fasting Girls
reports that:
5 to 10 percent of American girls have anorexia
5 to 15 percent of hospitalized anorexics die in
treatment
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