What are cylinders in a car? They are the hollowed out shapes/areas in the motor block, which the pistons move up and down through. The petrol is let into the cylinder, when piston pushes up, the petrol eâ¦xplodes and pushes the piston down. The bigger the cylinder the bigger to push, the more powerful the motor.
1 One in 200 American women suffers from anorexia. 2  Two to three in 100 American women suffers from bulimia. 3  Nearly half of all Americans personally know someone with an eating disorder (Note: One in five Americans suffers from mental illnesses.)  An estimated 10 â 15% of people with anorexia or bulimia are males.
How common are eating disorders? The eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, respectively, affect 0.5 percent and 2-3 percent of women over their lifetime. The most common age of onset is between 12-25. Although much more common in females, 10 percent of cases detected are in males.