STATISTICS

• At least 30 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder in the U.S.
• Every 62 minutes at least one person dies as a direct result from an eating disorder.
• Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.
• 13% of women over 50 engage in eating disorder behaviors.
• In a large national study of college students, 3.5% sexual minority women and 2.1% of sexual minority men reported having an eating disorder.
• 16% of transgender college students reported having an eating disorder.
• In a study following active duty military personnel over time, 5.5% of women and 4% of men had an eating disorder at the beginning of the study, and within just a few years of continued service, 3.3% more women and 2.6% more men developed an eating disorder.
• Eating disorders affect all races and ethnic groups.
• Genetics, environmental factors, and personality traits all combine to create risk for an eating disorder.