Body Image and Eating Disorder Awareness (BIEDA) Week has come and BIEDA is trying to raise awareness. Avalon Hills Foundation formed a study released on Feb. 4, 2015 and here are the results.
The amount of first to third grade girls who want to be thinner include 42 percent. Up to 81 percent of 10 year-olds have a fear of being overweight.Approximately 10 to 15 percent of people with anorexia or bulimia are men. Only 1 in 10 people with an eating disorder receive treatment. About 95 percent of eating disorders occur in those between the ages of 12 and 25.As many as 8 percent of Americans have an eating disorder.