News bites, numbers and other stuff
Want to be shocked and shaken? Here’s the findings of a study of 2,980 adults, conducted from 2001-2003.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health (yes, that’s NIMH, as in the Secret of) published findings of the study, 0.9 and 0.3 percent of women and men had suffered from anorexia during their lifetime, while 1.5 and 0.5 percent of the female and male respondents admitted to suffering from bulimia. A surprise to some is that 3.5 and 2 percent of women and men admitted to having had a binge-eating disorder at some point.
The study also confirmed the largely-held theory that people with eating disorders, regardless of classification, type or severity, often have coexisting mood, anxiety, impulse-control, or substance use disorders.
Also in the results was a suggestion that anorexia is a less chronic illness that other disorders, with an average life of 1.7 years. Tell that to the last 20 years of my life!
NIMH, Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge-eating, Mood disorders, Substance use
June 17th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
no you dont need to lose 5 pounds , to be honest you need to put about 50 on