New ID is currently developing resources to make it simpler to help you make your church more aware of eating disorders, and to make it easier for you to take New ID to your church or church leader.
Meanwhile, here are some facts:
"Eating disorders affect up to 24 million Americans and 70 million world wide." (The Renfrew Center Foundation for Eating Disorders 101 Guide: A Summary of Issues, Statistics and Resources, 2003)
"One in five women struggle with an eating disorder or disordered eating." (National Institute of Mental Health's Guide, Eating Disorders; Facts About Eating Disorders and the Search for Solutions)
"20% of people suffering with anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder." (The Renfrew Center Foundation for Eating Disorders 101 Guide: A Summary of Issues, Statistics and Resources, 2003)
"It is estimated that currently 11% of high school students have been diagnosed with an eating disorder." (ANAD Ten Year Study, National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders)
Millions of those women and men are sitting in churches in isolation and silence, feeling misunderstood and with nowhere to go.
