These statistics will give you an idea of why EAT’s work is so crucial to our community:
# In a New Zealand study 52% of females are dissatisfied with their body, 37% of girls have dieted (from as young as 7 years old) and 14% of boys have dieted.
# In New Zealand a study was done which found that 80% of the females were within normal weight limits, but only 18% of them thought their weight was normal.
# Thirty years ago the average model was 8% thinner than the average woman. Now the average model is 23% thinner than the average woman.
# Dieting is a $33 billion industry in the States, and 100 million-dollar industry in NZ.
# The failure rate for diets is 95-98%, with up to 90% of dieters gaining weight.
# In a study done by a magazine in the United States the majority of people chose losing weight as the thing that would make them the happiest, over success in their career or in love. It was also found that more people feared getting fat than feared dying.
Statistics taken from http://www.eatingdisorders.org.nz/What-are-some-St.765.0.html
