In the US alone, 9% of the population — that’s nearly 28.8 million Americans — will have an eating disorder in their lifetime, and an estimated 10,200 people die as a direct result of an eating disorder in America each year, which is one death every 52 minutes. Now, people in recovery have shared the serious long-term impact that anorexia and other eating disorders have left on their bodies in the hope of helping others get the help that they need. The immediate payoff seems to overshadow the long-term issues we’re warned about.” They added: “If I had seen enough genuine testaments, I may have never started in the first place. We can’t turn back time, but we can educate those struggling with the same demons we once were.”