When your teenager has eating troubles


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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