OUR VISION IS TO ENSURE NO PERSON IS OVERLOOKED OR UNSEEN WHILE STRUGGLING WITH A EATING OR EMOTIONAL DISORDER.

15%

OF EATING DISORDER CASES ARE MEN AND BOYS. IT IS NOT "JUST A WOMEN'S THING".

*According to ANAD a leading nonprofit aimed at fighting eating disorders in the USA.

 

13%

*OF  PERSONS OVER 50 ENGAGE IN EATING DISODER BEHAVIORS. MANY ARE  ELDERLY.

*According to ANAD a leading nonprofit aimed at fighting eating disorders in the USA.

 

100%*OF  ALL EATING DISORDER CASES ARE CONSIDERED A MENTAL ILLNESS. IT IS A MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER THAT AFFECTS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, RACES, GENDERS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, INCOME LEVELS  AND BODY TYPES.  MOST SUFFER BODY IMAGE ISSUES AS WELL.

*According to a article written by NAMI, National Alliance On Mental Illness.

 

EVERY 62 MINUTES AT LEAST ONE PERSON DIES AS A DIRECT RESULT OF AN EATING DISORDER

100%

*OF  OUR NON WHITE, MALE  AND OF "AVERAGE" BODY SIZE, COFOUNDERS  AND VOLUNTEERS, WITH SELF-ACKNOWLEDGED EATING AND WEIGHT CONCERNS, WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS LIKELY  TO HAVE BEEN ASKED BY A HEALTH PROVIDER ABOUT EATING DISORDER SYMPTOMS.

*According  to a survey done by our nonprofit of those currently now in and previously in treatment.