According to the National Association of Anorexia and Associated Disorders, someone will die from an eating disorder every 52 minutes.
One in five women experience an eating disorder by age 40, and 95% of eating disorders begin before age 25.
Those shocking number underscore the serious nature of this tragic problem. Eating disorders are complex issues with no quick solutions, affecting men, women, and children.
Author Krista Dunham developed an eating disorder after struggling with perfectionism for years. In high school, she wanted to be the smartest, the most athletic, the most talented, and the skinniest. Exercise initially helped her shed a few pounds, but then she began a restrictive diet that eliminated sugar and required her to skip meals. In college, she made herself purge one night, which began a terrible cycle of starving, binging, exercising, and more starving. Her efforts to control her world deteriorated into an eating disorder that Krista battled for the next decade.
Krista and her husband David are joining me on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly to share Krista’s remarkable journey of struggle and recovery from an eating disorder. They also offer five strategies for overcoming addictive behaviors and changing your life for the positive. |
