Eating disorders are currently defined as psychological disorders that are characterized by serious disturbances of eating behavior, such as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorders.

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On any given day, 30 million American women and 18 million men in the United States, 5-10 million girls and women and 1 million boys and men are struggling with eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, or borderline conditions. (NEDA)

Young girls are more afraid of becoming fat than they are of nuclear war, cancer, or losing their parents.
(The Council on Size and Weight Discrimination)

65% of 11 year-old girls worry that they are too fat and approximately
80% of 11 year-old girls report dieting behavior.
(Mellin, Irwin, and Scully 1982)