Eating Disorder Pro

The US Dept of Health and Human Services task force reports:

• 10 million females and 1 million males have life threatening eating disorders
• 87 percent are children and adolescents under the age of twenty
• By age 13, 10% of girls had reported the use of self-induced vomiting

Risk Factors for Different Groups

• Teens: Early puberty is a primary risk factor for the onset of eating disorders among teens.
• Males: The number of males with eating disorders has doubled in the past 10 years, certain sports, homosexuality
• Women: Increasing numbers of women aged 20 – 50 seeking help for eating disorders they have harbored secretly for twenty or thirty years.

Health Consequences of Eating Disorders:

Eating disorders are the most lethal of all mental health disorders, killing or maiming between 6 and 13 percent of victims who die of:

• Infectious diseases
• Stroke
• Heart attack/failure
• Seizures
• Liver or kidney failure
• Diabetic Coma