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Some Startling Facts About Eating Disorders
- According to the National Association of Anorexia and Associated Disorders approximately seven million women and one million men are suffering from eating disorders.
- The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta reports that over 20 million people in the U.S. are suffering from some type of an eating disorder.
- It is estimated that 3 to 6 per cent of the serious cases of eating disorders will die – that is a higher death rate than any other mental disorder.
- Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are classified amount the most serious mental disorders along with schizophrenia, major depression and bipolar disorder.
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