• Almost 50 percent of people with eating disorders meet the criteria for depression.

• Only 1 in 10 men and women with eating disorders receive treatment. Only 35 percent of people who receive treatment for eating disorders get treatment at a specialized facility for eating disorders.

• Up to 24 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder — anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder — in the U.S.

• Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.

Source: National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Diseases

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