Statistics


 * 64 percent of all bulimics have a near-normal body weight.
 * Statistics on bulimia tell us that people with bulimia binge, on average, 11 times per week
 * 95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25.8
 * Over one-half of teenage girls and nearly one-third of teenage boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting, and taking laxative.
 * 47% of girls in 5th-12th grade reported wanting to lose weight because of magazine pictures.
 * 42% of 1st-3rd grade girls want to be thinner.
 * Males on a wrestling team are 7 to 10 times more likely to develop bulimia than those who do not participate on a wrestling team.
 * Children of mothers that diet are more likely to develop eating disorders like bulimia.