• Eating disorders affect people in all walks of life and across the whole of society
• Currently one in 20 young women in the community have an eating disorder
• Anorexia Nervosa is not a new disorder and is the 3rd most common illness in adolescent young women with obesity and asthma the most prevalent conditions.
• Eating disorders affect men too but their disorders are often missed
• Binge eating disorder affects men and women equally

SOURCE: Academy of Eating Disorders (aedweb.org)