8-10 Estimated number of Americans, in millions, with an eating disorder

90 Percentage of those with eating disorders who are females ages 12 to 25

56 Number of times more likely an anorexic woman is to commit suicide than a nonanorexic woman of similar age 

50 Percentage of eating-disorder cases that may go undetected

5 Typical number of years after the onset of bulimia symptoms before a patient is diagnosed

$30,000 Typical cost of one month of inpatient treatment for anorexia

50 Minimum percentage of anorexics who undergo treatment but never fully recover

23 Number of states that have included eating disorders in mental health parity laws, which require insurers to cover mental health disorders

1 Number of U.S. postdoctoral training programs that teach professionals how to treat people with eating disorders

14 Millions of dollars that the National Institutes of Health expects to spend on anorexia research in 2008

55 Size, in billions of dollars, of the U.S. weight-loss industry 

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