Anorexia Nervosa occurs most dominantly in adolescence.
43% of people with Anorexia are ages 16-20
(Awareness of Anorexia Nervosa, n.d.)
Graphs on Eating Disorders
Mirror Mirror - by Dr. Elisha Carcieri
2015
About 0.9% of women and 0.3% of men will develop anorexia nervosa in their lifetime.
(Mirror Mirror, 2015)
EATING DISORDER STATISTICS
Mirasol - n.d.
Anorexia is the third most common chronic illness among adolescents.
86% of people with eating disorders report onset of an eating disorder by age 20.
Only 1 in 10 people with eating disorders receive treatment.
According to eating disorders statistics, about 80% of the girls/women who have accessed care for their eating disorders do not get the intensity of treatment they need to stay in recovery
35% of "normal dieters" progress to pathological dieting. Of those, 20-25% progress to partial or full-syndrome eating disorders.
(Mirasol, n.d)
Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents
By Dr Oh Jean Yin and Dr Courtney Davis,
14 Jan 2020| SingHealth Medical News
Worldwide studies have placed the lifetime prevalence of anorexia nervosa between 0.5 to two per cent and bulimia nervosa between 0.9 to three per cent.
While females are more commonly affected by eating disorders, males can represent up to 10 per cent of all cases.
A Singapore-based study revealed that 7.4 per cent of females (aged 12 to 26) are at risk for developing an eating disorder.
In Singapore, the number of young people seeking help for eating disorders is steadily rising.
(SingHealth Medical News, 2020)