National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2021: 7 Facts About The Life-Threatening Conditions
KEY POINTS
About 30 million people in the U.S. are living with an eating disorder
Below are some facts to raise awareness on NEDAwareness week 2021
Feb. 22 to 28 mark the National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDAwareness) Week. It is the perfect time to educate the public about mental health conditions and to spread hope.
According to the American Psychiatric Association (
APA), several million people are affected by an eating disorder at any given time. In general, eating disorders are marked by severe disturbances in a person s eating behaviors and not just during the moment when they are eating.