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Eating disorders facts
29M Americans will be affected by an eating disorder in their lifetime¹5.5M
are affected by an eating disorder every year*¹
77%
do not receive treatment²
10,200
deaths each year due to eating disorders¹
Are you worried about yourself or a loved one?A comprehensive list of eating disorder signs and symptoms to help you determine if you or your loved one needs help.
Signs of an eating disorder are often missed
Eating disorders have the second highest mortality rate of any mental illness and often hide in plain sight.
Anorexia is an eating disorder characterized by extreme restriction of food and a fear of gaining weight.
Young people between the ages of 15 and 24 with anorexia have 10 times the risk of dying compared to their same-aged peers.⁵
Those with anorexia are at an exceedingly high risk for early relapse. With FBT, 49% of adolescents with anorexia achieve full remission.
While lower weight was once equated with more severe illness in anorexia, rising rates or hospitalizations for patients with atypical anorexia (meaning they are not underweight) call this into question.⁶
Studies show that atypical anorexia rates in adolescents across the globe are higher than rates of anorexia.⁷
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*Data based on 2018-2019 projections
- Deloitte Access Economics. (2020). The social and economic cost of eating disorders in the United States of America: A report for the Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders and the Academy for Eating Disorders. Retrieved from https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/striped/report-economic-costs-of-eating-disorders
- Hart, L., Granillo, M., Jorm, A., & Paxton, S. (2011). Unmet need for treatment in the eating disorders. Clinical Psychology Review, 31(5).