One in ten cases of anorexia nervosa leads to death from starvation, cardiac arrest, other medical complications, or suicide.

In anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder, eating behaviors seem to develop as a way of handling stress and anxieties.

Eating disorders appear to run in families - with female relatives most often affected.

In contrast to other eating disorders, one-third to one-fourth of all patients with binge eating disorder are men.

One out of every one hundred women may become anorexic.


Wasted : A Memoir of
Anorexia and Bulimia
by Marya Hornbacher.
Hornbacher describes in shocking detail her lifelong quest to starve herself to death, to force her short, athletic body to fade away. She remembers telling a friend, at age 4, that she was on a diet. Her bizarre tale includes not only the usual puking and starving, but also being confined to mental hospitals and growing fur (a phenomenon called lanugo, which nature imposes to keep a body from freezing to death during periods of famine).


Inner Hunger : A Young Woman's Struggle Through Anorexia and Bulimia
by Marianne Apostolides. A painful, powerful, and ultimately enriching account of what it feels like to be young, confused, and controlled by food, "Inner Hunger" tells an important story of anguish, frustration, and ultimately, triumph.

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Desperately Seeking Self : An Inner Guidebook for People With Eating Problems
by Viola Fodor. The intimate dialogue that forms the basis for Desperately Seeking Self is between a therapist and a client with bulimia--a composite character based on the many patients Viola Fodor has helped in her practice.