One percent of teenage girls in the U.S. develop anorexia nervosa and up to 10% of those may die as a result. Up to 5% of college women in the U.S. are bulimic. (1)
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More than 5 million Americans suffer from eating disorders. (2)
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The average model weighs 23% less than the average woman. Maintaining a weight that is 15% below your expected body weight fits the criteria for anorexia, so most models, according to medical standards, fit into the category of being anorexic. (3)
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At Treblinka [a WWII concentration camp], 900 calories was scientifically determined to be the minimum necessary to sustain human functioning. At 'the nation's top weight-loss clinics,' where 'patients' are treated for up to a year, the rations are the same. (4)
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Fat bodies seem to regulate themselves as precisely as thin bodies; they just do so around a higher set point. (5)
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Ninety percent of those people who lose 25 or more pounds on a weight loss diet regain the weight lost within 2 years, and 98% regain the lost weight within 5 years. (6)