{"id":2272,"date":"2011-04-26T13:15:36","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T17:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/eatingdisorders\/learn-more\/about-eating-disorders\/statistics\/"},"modified":"2018-08-01T10:47:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T14:47:33","slug":"statistics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/eatingdisorders\/learn-more\/about-eating-disorders\/statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Drive for Thinness<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>42% of 1st-3rd grade girls want to be thinner (Collins, 1991).<\/li>\n<li>81% of 10 year olds are afraid of being fat (Mellin et al., 1991).<\/li>\n<li>The average American woman is 5\u20194&#8243; tall and weighs 140 pounds.<\/li>\n<li>The average American model is 5\u201911&#8243; tall and weighs 117 pounds.<\/li>\n<li>Most fashion models are thinner than 98% of American women (Smolak, 1996).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Dieting<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>51% of 9 and 10 year-old girls feel better about themselves if they are on a diet (Mellin et al., 1991).<\/li>\n<li>46% of 9-11 year-olds are &#8220;sometimes&#8221; or &#8220;very often&#8221; on diets, and 82% of their families are &#8220;sometimes&#8221; or &#8220;very often&#8221; on diets (Gustafson-Larson &amp; Terry, 1992).<\/li>\n<li>91% of women recently surveyed on a college campus had attempted to control their weight through dieting, 22% dieted &#8220;often&#8221; or &#8220;always&#8221; (Kurth et al., 1995).<\/li>\n<li>95% of all dieters will regain their lost weight in 1-5 years (Grodstein, 1996).35% of &#8220;normal dieters&#8221; progress to pathological dieting. 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