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= Facts and Statistics. =
 * 1) an estimated 8 million people in the US have an eating disorder (7 million women and 1 million men)
 * 2) Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.
 * 3) only 30-40% of people with an eating disorder every fully recover.
 * 4) only 1 in 10 people with an eating disorder recieve any sort of treatment for their eating disorder
 * 5) anorexia is the 3rd most common chronic illness amoung adolesents
 * 6) 95% of those with an eating disorder are between 12-25.
 * 7) 50% of girls between the ages of 11 and 13 see them selves as being overweight
 * 8) 80% of 13 year olds have tried to lose weight
 * 9) BED affects around 10-15% of people who are morbidly obese
 * 10) Between 20% and 40% of women with bulimia nervosa have had problems with drug or alcohol use.
 * 11) Men make up 10% of bulimics.
 * 12) 35% of "normal dieters" progress to pathological dieting. Of those, 20-25% progress to partial or full-syndrome eating disorders
 * 13) Americans spend over $40 billion on dieting and diet-related products each year
 * 14) 25% of American men and 45% of American women are on a diet on any given day
 * 15) The mortality rate associated with anorexia nervosa is 12 times higher than the death rate of ALL causes of death for females 15-24 years old.
 * 16) Without treatment, up to 20% of people with serious eating disorders die. With treatment, the mortality rate falls to 2-3%
 * 17) Treatment of an eating disorder in the US ranges from $500 per day to $2,800 per day. The average cost for a month of inpatient treatment is $30,000,and it is estimated that individuals with eating disorders need anywhere from 3 to 6 months of inpatient care.
 * 18) About 80% of the girls/women who have accessed care for their eating disorders do not get the intensity of treatment they need to stay in recovery because they are unable to pay.

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