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Over 60 million people in the US alone of have at least 1 eating disorder, with over 70% that are within 16-24 years old.

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Polaris Teen Center: Premier Adolescent Treatment Center in Los Angeles

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The adolescent and teenage years are a time of growth and transformation, physically, mentally and biologically. In moving towards adulthood, young people begin to discover who they are. Independent of parents, they begin to establish friendships and go through puberty. There are obvious physical changes associated with adolescence and puberty. But a large amount of internal change also occurs. Adolescent eating disorder statistics show 2.7% of teens in the U.S. between 13 and 18 years old have an eating disorder. For many teenagers, entering into puberty can be a time wrought with intense emotions, confusion, and stress. This period of change is what makes teens susceptible to developing eating disorders.

Adolescent eating disorders (such as anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and compulsive overeating) are concerns every parent hopes to avoid. Yet, because so many young people struggle with eating disorders, it is important to know the facts.

4% of adolescents and teens, ages 13 to 18, suffer from an anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating disorder.

Anorexia is a serious, life-threatening eating disorder affecting many teenagers. Those who suffer from anorexia go to extreme lengths to control their food intake. Or, worse, they avoid eating altogether. Additionally, those with anorexia also have a distorted body image. They still feel "fat," regardless of how thin they become.

Teenagers with bulimia typically binge (periods of uncontrollable overeating) and purge (self-induce vomiting). Inducing vomiting is the most common compensatory behavior. But there are others, such as laxatives or excessive exercise.

Binge-eating disorder is characterized by excessive eating. Many teens who suffer from binge-eating disorder describe feeling like they have no control over their behavior. They also experience intense guilt and shame following a binge.

50% of teens with anorexia will develop bulimia or binge-eating disorder

Anorexia is an eating disorder marked by significantly restricting caloric intake due to intense fear of weight gain. Teens with anorexia engage in some level of self-starvation. This extreme dietary restriction often leads to another eating disorder, such as bulimia or binge-eating disorder. Long periods of malnutrition take a toll on the body's systems and organs. This, along with experiencing hunger cues and pains, can eventually lead a teen to "giving in" to the desire for food. And like the extreme nature of the restricting, once a teenager begins to eat again, it can be extreme as well (such as binging).

90% of teens with anorexia are female

Anorexia most commonly emerges in the adolescent and teenage years. This eating disorder develops from a number of factors including, for some, the onset of dieting, converge. While dieting does not cause anorexia, the reduction in calories dieting entails often triggers the disorder. Especially in those who are genetically predisposed to it.

The average amount spent on eating disorder research per affected individual is .93¢

In comparison, $44 per affected individual is spent on autism research. Schizophrenia research spends $81 per affected individual. Lastly, $88 is spent on Alzheimer's disease research per affected individual.

Young women with anorexia are 12 times more likely to die than women the same age who do not have anorexia.

Anorexia nervosa is the third most common chronic illness among adolescent and teenage girls. Anorexia also has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder.

50% of teenage girls and 30% of teenage boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors.

Some of these behaviors include skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, purging (throwing up), taking laxatives, over-exercising, taking diet pills, hiding food, and drinking highly caffeinated energy drinks.

50% of teens with an eating disorder also suffer from depression

Depression may lead to eating disorders in teenagers, but in many cases, the eating disorder itself is what triggers depression. Malnourishment causes physiological changes in the brain that can affect emotion regulation and mood.

69% of females (ages 10 to 18) state that photographs of models and celebrities in the media motivated their "ideal" body shape.

The rate at which teens are becoming aware of their body shape and size is getting younger and younger, and media plays a big part in this. Many teenagers site media as being on of the biggest influencers when it comes to body image (how one perceives his or her body when looking in the mirror). In the United States, media and overall popular culture strongly idealize thinness, and adolescents and teens are amongst the population most strongly influenced, especially with the popularity of social media. Unfortunately, the substantial influence the media plays in teenagers lives leads many (even teens with a normal body weight), are still susceptible to viewing themselves as "overweight" or "fat". The importance placed on thinness in the media can create a desire to achieve the impossible in terms of body shape and size, and can obviously become a trigger to dieting and weight loss.

In this day and age, being concerned with weight and body size is incredibly common, especially amongst adolescent and teenaged girls. Adolescence is when bodies begin to change, and there is an increased awareness of media and peer pressures. Couple this with a lack of knowledge around nutrition, and many teenage girls are engaging in some very risky dietary behaviors as a way to cope with body dissatisfaction. Although all teenage girls are susceptible, there are certain risk factors that make some more likely to use dangerous diets including:

Family factors - low family connectedness, absent or neglectful parents, or dieting amongst parents can all contribute to increasing a teenage girl's risk of engaging in dieting behavior.

Environmental factors - poor school involvement, bullying/teasing by peers (especially around weight-related issues), or participation in a sport that is weight-focused will likely make a teen more prone to using diets.

Individual factors - being female alone increasing one's inclination towards dieting. Other individual factors include low self-esteem, early puberty, being overweight or obese, or practicing vegetarianism.

How many teen boys actually have eating disorders? Boys make up approximately 10 to 15% of the adolescent and teenage population with eating disorders, but are much less likely to seek treatment due to the gender stereotypes surrounding the disorders.

Many people believe that an eating disorder is a "female" problem. And while more common in girls and women, eating disorders do affect males as well. Because there is far more discussion about teenage girls and eating disorders, many teen boys are reluctant to discuss their symptoms or admit they have a problem. For some, there may be fear of appearing less masculine, or being judged by friends and peers. This unfortunately prevents many male teenagers from getting the help they need.

Involvement in certain athletic activities - such as bodybuilding, wrestling, swimming, and gymnastics all increase a teenage boy's chances of developing an eating disorder. This is because these are sports where weight control can influence performance, and coaches often encourage maintaining a certain weight range.

Sexual orientation - homosexual males or males questioning their sexual identity are at an increased risk of struggling with an eating disorder.

Being overweight - teenage boys who are currently overweight, or were overweight as children are more prone to eating disorders. This is especially true if a bullying and/or teasing is involved.

Parental dieting - parents model behaviors to their children, whether they intend to or not. Thus, teenage boys who see one or both parents using restrictive diets to lose weight may begin to practice similar behavior.

While it is possible for any boy to develop an eating disorder throughout his adolescent and teenage years, there are certain factors that increase one's likelihood including:

If you think your teen may be struggling with an eating disorder, contact Polaris Teen at (844) 836-0222 to find out more about residential treatment options for your son or daughter.

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10 Statistics of Teenage Eating Disorders

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Many young people struggle with eating disorders. If you think your teen falls into this category, discover how you can help support them. Read here

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Market on tik tok or instagram because these platforms users are mostly this age group

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Instagram's influencer market is estimated to be worth over $1.7 billion dollars. More than half a million sponsored posts have been posted on Instagram in 2020 so far. While 89% of marketers say Instagram is the most important channel for influencer marketing, newcomer TikTok has quickly become one of the most popular platforms in the world in less than two years and a rising platform for influencers.

TIKTOK DOWNLOADS SOAR TO 115M+ DURING MARCH CORONAVIRUS

The Coronavirus stay-at-home order seems to have only escalated TikTok's new user growth. TikTok became the most downloaded non-game app worldwide during March 2020 with more than 115.2 million installs. For comparison, in 2019, Instagram only averaged 111.5M downloads per quarter.

Top brands like Chipotle, Mucinex, Walmart, and GymShark have all marketed to Gen Z users on TikTok using Sponsored Hashtag Challenge campaigns. As brands continue to become comfortable using TikTok as an influencer marketing channel, it is important to understand the key platform specifics that separate TikTok from Instagram.

We analyzed App store and Google Play data for marketers to better understand the two competing social apps based on downloads/installs, platform demographics, and specific features. See our finds presented below in the following infographic - TikTok vs. Instagram:

WHICH PLATFORM HAS MORE FOLLOWERS? TIKTOK VS INSTAGRAM?

Instagram still has a larger audience than TikTok and has been downloaded more than 1.8B times globally. In November of 2019 Sensor Tower announced TikTok had reached the 1.5B download milestone. While Instagram leads over TikTok in overall downloads, the infographic shows TikTok's new user growth rate is substantially higher than Instagram's. This contrast in new user growth is largely due to the fact that TikTok is still a newcomer in the market while Instagram is maturing as an established social media app.

Instagram will turn 10 years-old in 2020 while TikTok remains the new kid on the block in a successful growth phase. While 2019 accounted for 28% of Instagram's all-time downloads, TikTok was able to add 738 million new users in 2019, growing the app by 49% of its existing users in one year alone.

TikTok's new user growth continues to top charts and in February 2020, TikTok was the most downloaded non-game app globally with nearly 113 million installs. This represents a near 96.5% increase compared to the app's February 2019 installs.

As seen above in the " TikTok vs. Instagram Downloads " chart, the coronavirus seems to have had a much larger effect on TikTok downloads than Instagram downloads. While TikTok's user growth topped charts in March, the quarantine also brought an influx of TikTok content to Instagram. This shift in content sparked many Instagram influencers to build TikTok accounts in search of more ways to entertain themselves and their followers.

TIKTOK VS INSTAGRAM - PLATFORM DEMOGRAPHICS

Instagram is considered to be the leading app in influencer marketing. In our 2019 survey, 89% of marketers found Instagram to be the most strategically important social channel for influencer marketing. With an estimated $20 billion valuation, Instagram is a monolith in revenue and has so far earned over 113x more revenue than TikTok. Its $20 billion valuation is due in part to influencer marketing on the app, a market that we estimate to be around $1.7 billion.

While both apps are comparable in age demographics, geographically they differ. Out of Instagram's 1.8 billion users, the United States leads with the highest representation at 12%. In contrast, India and Brazil remain the top two countries accounting for most of TikTok's downloads, the US in the third-place with over 3%.

The two apps also have a varying degree of gender distribution. TikTok gender demographics show a male to female representation of 55.6% and 44.4%, respectively. TikTok's slight male user preference contrasts with Instagram's higher presence of female users, 65% female to 35% male.

TIKTOK & INSTAGRAM FEATURES COMPARISON

TikTok's ease of use has helped it become the foremost short-form video social media app in the world. TikTok's simple premise focuses on lip-syncing, dancing, pranking, or other comedic acts.

In Instagram's 10 year growth, it has transformed from a photo-focused format to Stories and IGTV and has become the leading app for brand social engagement. While TikTok and Instagram are similar in their app fundamentals, they have many features that distinguish them from each other.

TikTok currently does not have a long-form video feature, it's video capabilities have a maximum of 15 seconds and the ability to loop for 60 seconds. Instagram's long-form video feature, IGTV allows video length of up to one hour. IGTV is also in the works to monetize with creators.

While both apps have in-app purchase capabilities, TikTok has a virtual currency where users can award various virtual gifts to creators, not unlike many gaming sites such as Twitch. Since 2018, American users have spent over $23.1 million on TikTok's virtual coin currency.

TikTok and Instagram both have similar e-commerce shopping capabilities, while Instagram has had more time to fine-tune its features and position itself as an e-commerce platform. Instagram has it's in-app shopping feature "Checkout", as well as its widely used "Instagram Shopping" add-on which allows companies to tag products and direct users to a product link on their website.

TikTok has a feature similar to Instagram's "Checkout" where users can complete the purchase in-app through a retail partner. TikTok's Sponsored Hashtag Challenge Plus allows companies to link products from their website through a sponsored hashtag campaign.

WHICH IS BETTER? TIKTOK VS INSTAGRAM - THE VERDICT & TAKEAWAY

These results indicate that in addition to gaining more users than Instagram, TikTok is also earning the attention of top power users. This trend is likely to continue and will affect the $1.7 billion dollar Instagram influencer market and influencer marketing as a whole.

As users and influencers alike emerge on TikTok, marketers should determine the proper channel(s) ( Instagram, TikTok, or both) to best suit their marketing needs.

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TikTok vs Instagram: Who Wins Social Media In 2020? [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Instagram's influencer market is estimated to be worth over $1.7 billion dollars. More than half a million sponsored posts have been posted on Instagram in 2020 so far. While 89% of marketers say Instagram is the most important channel for influencer marketing, newcomer TikTok has quickly become one of the most popular platforms in the world in less than two years and a rising platform for influencers.

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Females are more likely to have an eating disorder.3.8% of female teens have an ED while 1.8% of Males have an ED

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Recently, singer Taylor Swift revealed in the documentary "Miss Americana" her own struggles with an eating disorder. You may be surprised to find out just how common eating disorders are - and how they affect groups of people that you may not typically associate with eating disorders. Here are some statistics about eating disorders and insights behind the numbers.

Eating Disorders: Females Versus Males

It's estimated that 30 million Americans have struggled with an eating disorder at some point over their lifetime, says Claire Mysko, CEO of the National Eating Disorders Association. That breaks down to 20 million women and 10 million men.

Although many people associate young women with eating disorders, men can have them too. "We think the 10 million number is probably larger," Mysko says. Males often might think that eating disorders are only experienced by girls, so they don't share their struggle with others.

Additionally, eating disorder symptoms in males may go undiagnosed or unnoticed because people are not looking for them, says Stephanie M. Manasse, an assistant research professor and director of the Child and Adolescent Program at the Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Sciences at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

It could also be that eating disorder symptoms in younger males look different compared with females. For instance, there could be more of a focus on getting a muscular body versus getting thin. That can leave a disorder undetected.

There will likely be more males seeking treatment for eating disorders in the future as eating disorder awareness grows, Manasse believes.

Types of Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are thought to be caused by a mix of genetic, environmental and personality factors. The most common eating disorders include:

Anorexia nervosa, which involves individuals wanting to stay obsessively thin. It's characterized by having a low body weight, although those with anorexia often think they're overweight. Over their lifetime, 0.9% of women and 0.3% of men will develop anorexia, the NEDA reports.

Bulimia nervosa, during which a person binges on a lot of food and then has behavior - such as vomiting - to help purge that food. Over their lifetime, 1.5% of women and 0.5% of men will develop bulimia, the NEDA reports.

Binge eating disorder refers to eating an excessive amount of food in a short period of time, such as over a couple of hours. There is no purging involved. This binging behavior must happen at least once a week over three months to be formally diagnosed. Binge eating disorder is more common than both anorexia and bulimia. Over their lifetime, 3.5% of women and 2% of men are slated to have binge eating disorder, according to the NEDA.

Orthorexia refers to an obsessive and extreme focus on "pure" or "clean" eating. Orthorexia is not a formal diagnosis yet, so it's difficult to get an accurate number of how many people have it. However, it's a growing trend that health professionals have observed.

Eating disorders are commonly associated with co-occurring behavioral or mood disorders or trauma:

33% to 50% of those with anorexia also have a mood disorder such as depression, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders.

However, Crystal Vatza, a licensed counselor and executive director of Seeds of Hope, Mountainside, a treatment facility that specializes in eating disorders, in Moscow, Pennsylvania, believes that percentage is likely higher. Behavioral/mood disorders and trauma-related disorders that are common in those with eating disorders include:

Bipolar disorder.

Depression. Major depression was the most common co-occurring mood disorder in a study of 2,400 people hospitalized for an eating disorder, according to the NEDA.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Personality disorder.

Post-traumatic stress syndrome.

Self-injury (such as cutting).

Substance abuse.

It's not always clear which comes first - the eating disorder or the mood/trauma-related disorder - and it's likely different for each individual. "Disordered eating and eating disorders never exist in a vacuum. There's always something else going on," Mysko says.

Disordered eating is used to describe abnormal behavior related to eating, but that by itself doesn't lead to an eating order diagnosis. For instance, a person may have strict rules about when to eat and what to eat that are considered abnormal, but those eating behaviors don't occur often enough or aren't extreme enough to be formally diagnosed as an eating disorder.

Eating Disorders Among Certain Populations

Although the long-time stereotype of eating disorders has been associated with a young, thin, white and affluent female, they actually affect a wide range of the population. Here are some eating disorder statistics among specific groups:

More than one-third of Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association female athletes were found in a study to have attitudes and symptoms that place them at risk for anorexia, the NEDA reports. "This is something we hear about quite often," Mysko says. "There's a lot of pressure on athletes for performance, and there's an emphasis in sports on performance related to body size and shape."

Coaches and trainers don't always have good information on eating disorders, leading young athletes without good resources to seek help, Mysko says. Although much of the emphasis in sports is on being thin, there also are body pressures in sports like football and wrestling that can lead to problems with disordered eating.
Teens and College-Age Students
Among teens ages 13 to 18, 3.8% of females and 1.5% of males are reported to have an eating disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

A recent analysis of about 12,000 teens, ages 15 to 17, in the Journal of School Nursing, found that nearly a fourth misperceive their weight. Of those who misjudge their weight, 11.6% believe they are overweight but aren't. Adolescents who misjudge their weight are significantly more likely to engage in unhealthy dietary habits, have eating disorders and are more likely to have sedentary lifestyles, says Jagdish Khubchandani, an author of the 2020study and a health science professor at Ball State University. In contrast, he notes, teenagers who have accurate perceptions of their weight are less likely to have eating disorders.

Among college-age students, the percentage of people with an eating disorder is even higher, with a range of 8% to 17%, according to a 2011 study, which was part of the American College Health Association's National College Health Assessment. Eating disorders also often emerge at the age when people attend college. College is the perfect storm of living independently, feeling pressure to get good grades and facing body image issues - making eating disorders more common.

Thirteen percent of women older than 50 engage in disordered eating behaviors, according to the ANAD. This statistic doesn't refer to having an eating disorder necessarily, but instead refers to the number of people who may do things like create certain rules about eating or obsess over being thin. The number doesn't surprise Vatza, who says both men and women age 50 and older could have a lifelong struggle with an eating disorder or behaviors that can be described as disordered eating.

"They can go years and years before it's identified or caught," she says. Those with eating disorders in this age group tend to feel more hopeless, she says. It often takes a wake-up call from a doctor who says, "You won't live to see your grandchild grow up" or a similar sentiment to get that person to seek help.

Those in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community commonly suffer from eating disorders, but resources haven't always been plentiful to help them, Vatza says. That's changing as awareness increases, she adds.

Sixteen percent of transgender college students reported having an eating disorder, according to the ANAD. Although statistics about eating disorders in this population group are not consistent, the NEDA states that gay, lesbian and bisexual teens are thought to be at a higher risk of binge eating and purging. Studies have found it can occur as early as age 12 among LGBTQ+ youth. In comparison, among the general population, binge eating disorder usually begins in one's late teens and early 20s.

Eating disorder rates are similar among all races and ethnicities, but people of color are less likely to receive help for an eating disorder. This could be because people associate eating disorders with a particular look or type of person.

"Sometimes when people have the courage to come forward with their eating disorder and talk with a loved one or friend, unfortunately, they hear people who say, 'You can't have an eating disorder,'" Mysko says. Some people react this way because the person with the eating disorder doesn't look how someone might expect to have an eating disorder. For instance, the person may have a higher body weight.

This is one reason that the NEDA's campaign for Eating Disorder Awareness Week (Feb. 24 to March 1) is called Come as You Are. "We want to bust through these myths and accept all sizes, ages and socioeconomic statuses," Mysko says.

The NEDA has a toll-free, confidential helpline, if you or someone you know needs support or wants to find local treatment options. The phone number is 800-931-2237.

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