A dissatisfaction with how they look, taken to the extreme, can result in a number of eating disorders in adolescents. — Positive Parenting
Weight obsession affects millions of teenagers all over the world today.
Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, as well as the less common avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, pica and rumination disorder, are all psychological disorders that involve extreme disturbances in eating behaviour.
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