Eating disorders statistics

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General:

Almost 50% of people with eating disorders meet the criteria for depression.
Only one in ten men and women with eating disorders receive treatment. Only 35% of people that receive treatment for eating disorders get treatment at a specialised 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.

91% of women surveyed on a college campus had attempted to control their weight through dieting. 22% dieted ‘often’ or ‘always.’
86% report onset of eating disorder by age 20; 43% report onset between ages of 16 and 20.
Anorexia is the third most common chronic illness among adolescents.
95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25.
25% of college-aged women engage in bingeing and purging as a weight-management technique.3
The mortality rate assoc...