PLEASE READ.
50% of the girls between the ages of 8 and 14 are dieting.
Girls see over 400 advertisements per day telling them how they should look.
3 teens self-harm per hour in the UK.
In 2003-04 : 24,087 were hospitalized for self-harm in Australia.
3,000,000 americans self-harm.
1 suicide occurs every 40 seconds.
1 in every 3 women have been beaten.
683,000 rapes occur per year. That's more than one per minute.
61% are under 18 years. 2% of rapists are convicted.
750,000 teenagers fall pregnant per year.
225,000,000 childeren are sexually abused each year.
The majority of victims are under 8 years of age.
About 50% of the offenders are parents.
10 million cigarettes are sold every minute.
About 90,000 children start smoking everyday.
Every minute 1 person dies as a result of homicide.