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Eating Disorders In Teens

Warning signs and treatment options for your child

Warning signs a teen may have an eating disorder

• Skipping meals, snacks or cu ng out food groups they used to enjoy
• Making strict rules around ea ng

• Significant or rapid weight loss (typically, children and teens should be growing)
• Not socializing with friends or family in order to avoid ea ng with them

• Spending lots of me coun ng calories or planning out meals
• Excessive exercise

• Cu ng out calorie-dense foods
• Taking medica ons to suppress appe te

• Buying or using laxa ves that haven’t been prescribed
• Weighing themselves mul ple mes a day
• Secre ve ea ng

Physical symptoms that could indicate an eating disorder

• Lethargy or redness
• Decreased ability to concentrate

• Disrup on in menstrual cycles
• Frequently feeling cold, even in warm surroundings

• Dizziness or fain ng
• Becoming sick a er ea ng

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