Research & Statistics
Eating Disorder
in Texas
Costs to Texas:
Eating Disorders have an annual cost to Texas of approximately $34.3 Billion.
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$4.3 Billion in Productivity Losses
$587.8 Million in Informal Care
$421.1 Million in Efficiency Losses
$403.6 Million in Healthcare Costs
Prevalence:
2,526,575 Texans will have an Eating Disorder in their lifetime, ~6.7% of Texas population.
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1 person dies every 52 minutes as a direct result of an Eating Disorder.
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1 in 4 people have personally or know someone who is affected by Eating Disorders.
Barriers to treatment:
There is NO public nor private assistance for the treatment and care of individuals with low/no income.
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Medicaid/Medicare does NOT cover Eating Disorder treatment nor lifesaving specialized resources.
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Up to 50% of individuals with Eating Disorders struggle with Substance Abuse, yet no substance facilities offer ED treatment
Studies​
What makes Eating Disorders the most deadly Mental Illness in the United States?
Texas Department of State Health Services - Statewide Survey
In 2021, the Texas Legislature passed the groundbreaking bill our team worked on!
The necessary research has been conducted and the report is complete, detailing the prevalence of Eating Disorders in Texas.
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Click on the image to review the report.
Deloitte - Nationwide Survey
"The Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders, based at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Boston Children’s Hospital, and the Academy for Eating Disorders engaged Deloitte Access Economics to estimate the social and economic impact of EDs in the United States of America (US) in 2018-19."
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Click the image to view the report.
Harvard University- Nationwide Survey
The Chan School of Public Health conducted a study and created a brief facts sheet regarding the prevalence of Eating Disorders in the United States.
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Additionally, the brief report details the faults of the Center for Disease Control, specifically, their deliberate actions against Eating Disorder research and prevention.
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Click the image to view the report.