Forty percent of fourth graders report that they diet either "very often" or "sometimes."

Fifteen percent of young women have substantially disordered eating attitudes and behaviors.

Anorexia nervosa typically appears in early to mid-adolescence, and a young woman with anorexia is 12 times more likely to die than are other women her age without anorexia.

Between 10% and 15% of those diagnosed with bulimia nervosa are men.
Source: Harvard Eating Disorders Center

Anorexia nervosa is one of the most common psychiatric diagnoses in young women.

In the United States, conservative estimates indicate that, after puberty, 5-10 million girls and women and 1 million boys and men are struggling with eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, or borderline conditions.
Source: National Eating Disorders Association

Nationwide in 2003, 13.5% of students were overweight, and 29.6% of students described themselves as slightly or very overweight.

In 2003 43.8% of students reported trying to lose weight.

During the 30 days preceding the 2003 NSDUH survey, 42.2% of students nationwide had eaten less food, fewer calories, or foods low in fat to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight, and 57.1% of students had exercised to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight. 13.3% of students had gone without eating for more than 24 hours to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight, and 9.2 % of students had taken diet pills, powders, or liquids without a doctor's advice to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight. 6.0% of students had vomited or taken laxatives to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight.
Source The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)