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Body Image: Eating Disorders. (2009, September 22). //Women's Health//. Retrieved August 18, 2012, from http://womenshealth.gov/body-image/eating-disorders/
 * 1) The average American woman is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds. The average American model is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 117 pounds.
 * 2) In the United States extreme thinness is a social and cultural ideal, and women partially define themselves by how physically attractive they are.
 * 3) Eating disorders frequently develop during adolescence or early adulthood, but can occur during childhood or later in adulthood.
 * 4) Eating disorders are more than just a problem with food. Food is used to feel in control of other feelings that may seem overwhelming.
 * 5) Starving is a way for people with anorexia to feel more in control of their lives and to ease tension, anger, and anxiety.
 * 6) Things like starting a new school or job or being teased and traumatic events like rape can lead to the onset of eating disorders.
 * 7) Parents who think looks are important, diet themselves, or criticize their children's bodies are more likely to have a child with anorexia.
 * 8) Binge eating disorder strikes males and females about equally.
 * 9) Individuals with anorexia have a mortality rate 18 times higher than peers who don't have eating disorders.
 * 10) Eating disorders can have a profoundly negative impact on an individual's quality of life. Self-image, interpersonal relationships, financial status, and job performance are often negatively affected.
 * 11) Semi-starvation in anorexia nervosa can affect most organ systems.
 * 12) Eating disorders are also associated with high rates of other co-existing psychiatric disorders, particularly mood disorders, and anxiety disorders.
 * 13) Americans spend more than $40 billion dollars a year on dieting and diet-related products.
 * 14) Self-induced vomiting seen in both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa can lead to swelling of salivary glands, electrolyte and mineral disturbances, and dental enamel erosion.
 * 15) The sooner treatment starts, the better. The longer abnormal eating patterns continue, the more deeply ingrained they become and the more difficult they are to treat.