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One in 200 American women suffers from anorexia

One in 200 American women suffers from anorexia http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/anorexia/statistics.htm. Two to three in 100 American women suffers from bulimia http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/anorexia/statistics.htm . 95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25

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One in 200 American women suffers from anorexia

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  1. One in 200 American women suffers from anorexia http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/anorexia/statistics.htm

  2. Two to three in 100 American women suffers from bulimia http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/anorexia/statistics.htm

  3. 95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25 http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/anorexia/statistics.htm

  4. One in every three (37%) articles in leading teen girl magazines also included a focus on appearance, and most of the advertisements (50%) used an appeal to beauty to sell their products. http://depts.washington.edu/thmedia/view.cgi?section=bodyimage&page=fastfacts

  5. One study reports that at age thirteen, 53% of American girls are "unhappy with their bodies." This grows to 78% by the time girls reach seventeen. http://depts.washington.edu/thmedia/view.cgi?section=bodyimage&page=fastfacts

  6. The commercials aimed at female viewers that ran during the television shows most often watched by teen girls also frequently used beauty as a product appeal (56% of commercials). By comparison, this is true of just 3 percent of television commercials aimed at men. http://depts.washington.edu/thmedia/view.cgi?section=bodyimage&page=fastfacts

  7. In 1970 the average age of a girl who started dieting was 14; by 1990 the average dieting age fell to 8 http://www.colorado.edu/StudentGroups/wellness/NewSite/BdyImgShockingStats.html

  8. A study found that women overestimate the size of their hips by 16% and their waists by 25%, yet the same women were able to correctly estimate the width of a box. http://www.colorado.edu/StudentGroups/wellness/NewSite/BdyImgShockingStats.html

  9. The average U.S. woman is 5’4” and weighs 140 pounds whereas the average U.S. model is 5’11” and weighs 117 pounds. http://www.colorado.edu/StudentGroups/wellness/NewSite/BdyImgShockingStats.html

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