fat talk free week

some statistics for you to put in perspective:

first a disclaimer!... even though the above video is geared towards women, men struggle with body image and eating disorders also...it does happen even though many people don't believe so.

-anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any psychological disorder.

-age group with the highest prevelance: 18- 19 years old.

-age group with the second highest prevelance: 11-15 years old.

-- 33% of teenagers ages 11-15 have said they have dealt with or are dealing with an eating disorder.

--10% of that 33% said their eating disorder started before the age of 10.

--42% of children in 1st to 3rd grade want to be thinner then they already are.

--20% of elementary aged girls 'starve' themselves to lose weight.

--24% of elementary school children skip meals to lose weight.

--60% of 6th grade girls would rather be blind or paralyzed then be over-weight.

-these same 6th graders said being over-weight gave the same feeling of being excluded and upset

-over half of teen girls use unhealthy weight control tactics for the sole purpose to be thinner...not healthy

-over 1/3 of teen boys do the same thing.

--35% of 'normal' dieters progress to pathological dieting

-from this 35%, 20-25% progress to having a full-blown eating disorder

--23% of college students suffer or has suffered from an eating disorder.

-want perspective: if there are 360 students in a room, that is, give or take 90 students.

-using scare tactics as a way of prevention does not help, it shows techniques on how to have an eating disorder

---these are all approximate and from studies around the usa because of course, people lie and would rather keep it a secret.---