Eating Disorders Overview
According to research compiled by the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA), approximately 30 million people in the United States will struggle with eating disorders at some point in their lifetime. Normally a health concern associated primarily with women, a study conducted in 2011 indicated that eating disorders on college campuses had increased from 7.9 percent to 25 percent for men over a 13-year period, while the rate for women was up by nine percent.
Considering how the average person spends more than two hours a day on social media, where the comparison game and judgmental comments about people’s appearance run rampant, not to mention the $66.3 billion diet industry that’s constantly peddling the message that you’re not good enough unless you’re doing [insert trendy eating plan or fancy new workout here], it’s not surprising that eating disorders are on the rise.