Some Statistics.

• An estimated 10 per cent of female college students suffer from a clinical or sub-clinical (borderline) eating disorder, of which over half suffer from bulimia nervosa.
  
• An estimated 1 in 100 American women binges and purges to lose weight.
  
• Approximately 5 per cent of women and 1 percent of men have anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge eating disorder.
  
• It is estimated that 200,000 to 300,000 Canadian women aged 13 to 40 have anorexia nervosa and twice as many have bulimia.
  
• Studies suggest that 5 to 10 percent of people with anorexia or bulimia are males.
  
• Each day Americans spend an average of $109 million on dieting and diet related products.