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Facts about eating disorders (ED):

• 89% of girls have dieted by age 17
• 15% of young women have disordered eating
• –8.5 million women suffer ED
• 1.5 million men suffer ED
• 90% of cases of anorexia and bulimia occur in women
• the rate of death for women with ED is 12 times higher than other women of similar ages
• about 1,000 women die each year from ED due to malnutrition, heart attack and suicide
• 30-50% of ED patients suffered depression and/or anxiety prior to the ED
• about 1 in 3 ED patients suffered obsessive compulsive symptoms prior to the ED
• Personality traits often seen in ED sufferers include low self-esteem, difficulty with change, the need to be perfect, and the belief that self-denial is preferable to indulgence, thinness is admirable, fat is disgusting, and weight gain means one is out of control

Eating Disorders stem from a variety of causes including:

• dieting to look better
• major life transitions like puberty, entering high school or college or major losses or trauma
• family problems
• social difficulties like teasing, criticism or ridicule
• fear of failure or a need to be perfect (often related to dieting)
• traumatic events like sexual and physical abuse
• other psychiatric illnesses like depression, anxiety, OCD and ADHD
• personality traits like low self-esteem, difficulty with change, fear of feeling out of control

Call (443) 602-6515 or email info@thebodyimagecenter.com for more information or to discuss how we can be of help.