Numbers can't define us, but they can be powerful.
These statistics demonstrate the detrimental effects of using digits as our definitions.
These statistics demonstrate the detrimental effects of using digits as our definitions.
- An estimated 450 million people in the world have a mental health problem.
- It is estimated that 85% of the world's population suffers from low self-esteem.
- Among girls in high school, 70% think they are not good enough or don't measure up in some way, including based on school performance.
- Approximately 1/3 of girls have a distorted idea about their weight.
- About 91% of women on college campuses have attempted to control their weight by dieting.
- Of girls surveyed in the 5th-12th grade, 47% reported wanting to lose weight based on what they saw in magazines.
- Among girls in the first, second and third grade, 42% want to lose weight.
- Each year, the American weight-loss industry brings in about $55.4 billion in revenue.
- At any point in time, it is estimated that 40-50% of American women are attempting to lose weight.