Myths and Misconceptions:
A Quiz

By Abigail Natenshon
Author of When Your Child Has An Eating Disorder

  1. Dieting is the best, and the only way to lose weight. T/F
  2. Nobody eats breakfast. T/F
  3. Eating disorders are mainly about food, weight and eating. T/F
  4. Eating disorders are incurable. They are for life. T/F
  5. Food is fattening. T/F
  6. Fat-free eating is healthy eating. T/F
  7. It is easy to spot an anorexic. They are thin and they do not eat. T/F
  8. “Girl diets” are a normal rite of teenage passage. T/F
  9. Eating disorders are rich, white girl diseases. T/F
  10. Parents are the cause of their child’ eating disorder. T/F
  11. Health professionals cure disease. T/F
  12. Kids don’t need parental advice by the time they reach adolescence. T/F
  13. A person only needs to eat when he or she is hungry. T/F
  14. Eating disorders are a less serious problem than is drug abuse or alcoholism. T/F
  15. Laxatives and diuretics help a person to lose weight. T/F
  16. Skipping meals helps a person to lose weight. T/F
  17. What a child eats is none of a parent’s business. T/F
  18. A meal is anything you put in your mouth around mealtime. T/F

All the answers to the above quiz are “false.”



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