Aubrey's Song Foundation is devoted to
continuing Aubrey Michelle Clark's legacy
of helping other's in need
Our Mission
Aubrey’s Song Foundation is devoted to continuing Aubrey Michelle Clark’s legacy of helping others in need.
We endeavor to raise awareness of the prevalence of eating disorders by increasing understanding, providing education, endorsing treatment and promoting prevention.
Our Values
Launched 501(c)3: Formed in 2005
Headquarters: Aubrey’s Song Foundation is located in Owensboro, KY, with a regional focus to areas in the mid-south-east United States.
Affiliations: Aubrey’s Song Foundation supports new research and evidence based outcomes to determine the best way to bring awareness to eating disorders.
Member: Aubrey’s Song Foundation is a member of the local and regional health councils.
Things to Know about Eating Disorders:
- People with eating disorders think about and use food in ways that are physically and emotionally destructive.
- In the U.S., eating disorders are more common than Alzheimer’s disease: an estimated ten million people have eating disorderscompared to four million with Alzheimer’s disease.
- Treating eating disorders can be expensive.
- A resident program for anorexia can cost upwards of $30,000 a month.
- Anorexia nervosa has the highest premature mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder.
- The majority of deaths are due to physiological complications.
- Although recovery from anorexia can often take up to a decade, the lasting results of treatment is often better than for obesity or breast cancer.
- 90% of people who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25.
- Male wrestlers are 7 to 10 times more likely to develop bulimia nervosa than the average male.
- Over one-half of teenage girls and nearly one-third of teenage boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting and taking laxatives.
- Americans spend over $40 billion on dieting and diet-related products each year.
- The average American woman is 5’4” tall and weighs 164 pounds.
- The average American model is 5’11” tall and weighs 117 pounds.
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Center for Young Women’s Health
- National Eating Disorders Association
- Heal Thy Eating
- Substance Abuse and Eating Disorders
- Substance abuse is the most common co-occurring condition in people with eating disorders.
Overcoming both an eating disorder and substance abuse problem takes special understanding of the development and persistence of these disorders, and an approach to treatment that tackles both of the issues.
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