MOST COMMON EATING DISORDERS IN THE USA

^{8 to 10 million,  is the rate of the population in the United States that suffer of an eating disorder problem.}

^{Most of these population problems, shown before, are cause by the following disorders:}

^{- Anorexia and manorexia}

^{- Bulimia}

^{- Binge eating}

^{- Other eating disorders which are not specified in the text.}

<sup>At first, we have to understand a little of the eating disorders mentioned before.

ANOREXIA NERVOSA</sup>

^{Anorexia nervosa is a common eating disorder based on an extreme weight loss characterized of the self-starvation}

Here are some statistics of people that suffer with anorexia nervosa in th United States:

-   One in two hundred American women suffers of anorexia.

-   It is reported that  5-10% of anorexics die within 10 years after contracting the disease; 18-20% of anorexics will be dead after 20 years and only 30- 40% ever fully recover.

-  20% of people suffering from anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder, including suicide and heart problems.

-  In the United States, approximately 86 deaths in 100,000 among 15-to-24-year-olds are attributed to anorexia.

BULIMIA NERVOSA

Characterized by a cycle of bingeing and compensatory behaviors such as self-induced vomiting designed to undo or compensate for the effects of binge eating.

 ^{Percentage of persons suffering bulimia is:}

- Bulimia nervosa affects approximately 2 percent of adolescent Americans—primarily teenage girls and young women
- Approximately 80% of bulimia nervosa patients are female.
- People struggling with bulimia nervosa usually appear to be of average body weight.
- Many people struggling with bulimia nervosa recognize that their behaviors are unusual and perhaps dangerous to their health.
- 3.9 Mortality rate caused by Bulimia Eating disorder  
- Two to three in 100 American women suffers from bulimia

BINGE EATING DISORDER:

This is the most common eating disorder in the United States, binge eating disorder affects an estimated 2 million Americans.

^{Binge eating is characterized by recurrent binge eating without the regular use of compensatory measures to counter the binge eating.}

 ^{And what are the statistics of binge eating in the US:} 

^{- Binge eating disorder affects women slightly more often than men--estimates indicate that about 60% of people struggling with binge eating disorder are female, 40% are male.} 

- People who struggle with binge eating disorder can be of normal or heavier than average weight.

- BED is often associated with symptoms of depression.

- The prevalence of BED is estimated to be approximately 1-5% of the general population.

OTHER EATING DISORDERS:

It is more difficult to find stadistic information of other types of eating disorders in the USA, for example, orthorexia. The last blog I refered to the meaning of orthorexia nervosa, however I did not find information related to how manu people are suffering of this problem, especially because this is not a common disease and it is not easy to diagnose. So, it will be difficult to find this type of information. 

General Statistic of the United States: 

Bibliography:  

http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/binge-eating-disorder    

^{http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/anorexia/statistics.htm}

^{http://health.usnews.com/health-conditions/mental-health/eating-disorders}

^{http://www.anad.org/get-information/about-eating-disorders/eating-disorders-statistics/}