During her one-year term, Teresa said her main focus will be on eating disorders and how they affect her generation.
The site did not reveal why Miss America feels so passionately to attract the attention on eating disorders. However, the history of health and fitness is sure to reveal more during her years of wearing the crown and waving.
Site health and fitness, such as the Department of the South Carolina Mental Health by the following alarming statistics on eating disorders, shared the following:
An estimated 8 million Americans have an eating disorder – seven million women and one million men
One in 200 American women suffers from anorexia
Two to three women out of 100 U.S. suffers from bulimia
Nearly half of all Americans personally know someone with an eating disorder (Note: One in five Americans suffers from mental illness)US NEWS PAPER
