Warning signs of eating disorders

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Warning signs of eating disorders

There are several warning signs that a parent can look for in seeing if their child has an eating disorder. Sometimes parents just look at the weight. If a child is severely losing weight, they can say, "Oh, my child has anorexia or something like that." But there is many other signs that they may miss. The other signs they miss because they are not seeing, such as; someone that compulsively exercises, someone that doesn't eat dinner with the family and friends. They say they've already eaten. It's someone that eats and then goes to the bathroom, but the parent doesn't realize that they are eating and then going to purge the calories. People with eating disorders become very good at hiding the eating disorders. They do a lot of lying. They wear baggy clothes. They are vomiting at school or home or wherever they can. There are other signs as well; hair loss, their skin can get very dry, have cardiac problems. These are unseen things that parents can't see. It's important that if a parent sees some of these warning signs, that a parent seeks help and get treatment.



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Maggie Baumann, MFT, CEDS

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