Monday, February 28, 2011

Statistics


Eating Disorders:

Women- 7 million struggle

Men- 1 million struggle



Media:

Women- the average woman is 5'4" tall and 140 pounds

Men- the average man is 5'11" tall and 117 pounds



Children influences by parents, peers, and media:

42% of elementary students between 1st and 3rd grade want to be thin

80% of children 10 years old are afraid of being fat

1 comment:

  1. good topic, i never knew that 80% of children under 10 are afraid of being fat.

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