DAY 7:Eating Disorders...a voice for the voiceless

An eating disorder is a compulsion where a person's eating habits damage their health. The eating may be too excessive (compulsive overeating), too limited (restricting), or cycles of binging and purging.

* Up to 70 million people worldwide struggle with eating disorders, 90-95% of whom are women.
* 95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25.
* Eating disorders have been diagnosed in girls as young as seven. 81% of 10-year olds in the United States are afraid of being fat.
* The average American woman is 5'4" tall and weighs 140 pounds. The average American model is 5'11" tall and weighs 117 pounds.

PRAY: God delights in His daughters. Zeph. 3:17

* That the affected girls would discover the delight God has in them.
* That they would comprehend what true beauty is.
* For the church to address this growing issue.


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