I think my friend has an eating disorder. What should i do?

Question

My best friend keeps loesing weight. She exercises 24/7 and wont eat anything except "diet food". She has gone from a size 7 to a size 4 in a cvery short time. I am worried about her because she is very thin and shouldnt be starving herself! Also, she WONT talk about it! She tells me She is "just getting into shape", although she already is one of our school's best athletes.

By diet food I mean celery and plain salads. Also my friend is 16.

Answer 1

If she is on a team, ask her coach if they have noticed anything different about her. If she is mal-nourished, her performance will have suffered. Tell the school guidance counselor. The Counselor can't reveal who spoke with her, and the counselor can make an appointment with your friend to sort through things (the counselor will probably say it is for career planning or something to get her to come in). If the counselor thinks your hunch is right, she will contact your friends parents. You never know why she eats the way she does. Maybe her family teases her about weight, maybe her coach said something once, maybe another friend, or boyfriend made her feel fat. Who knows.

I wouldn't wait too long before mentioning this to someone, your parents, her parents, a teacher, have an intervention with a bunch of friends. Do something. If she really is sick and you don't say anything, you will end up feeling really badly for not helping her sooner.

Answer 2

hi i am jaggi.i think she want to be sexy and slim body.but if she already has a shaped body thenit is wrong.you can tell her thier size.you must remeber her that before two years ago when she have a average slim body she looks good.if she don't stops to decrease her size she looks like a rod and may be suffers with some deceases.

Answer 3

dont just barge into ur friends life because then she will get annoyed that u keep asking if she has an eating problem confront her in a calm way or maybe talk to one of her family members that knows u real well and ask them if she been eating wierd ( stuff like that ) and ask them about it to get thier opion

Answer 4

Sounds like she's in denial about it. Try and have a good talk with her and let her know you're worried about her. If that doesn't work talk to her parents or some other family member of hers. Good luck.

Answer 5

If your friend is starving herself,then what you need to do is sit her down sometime and talk to her about this if she is not willing to talk to you.Of course,her parents need to also be told of this situation so that they can have a say as to treatment options.

Answer 6

How long has this been going on? If it's just something that goes on for a month or two it's probably just a temporary phase. If it goes on for longer she is probably developing an eating disorder. You can find more information here http://www.geocities.com/helpprob

Answer 7

She is just skirting around the real issue. Talk to some counselors to see what they say may an intervention is necessary.

Answer 8

as long as shes not turning anerexeic or beleamic, she sounds good to me. shes doing the healthy way by exercising and eating right but in the short time it does bother me. if i were u, wen shes sleeping drip maple syrup n her mouth till its all gone. that should fatten her up.lol
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Answer 9

If you've already tried talking to her, and she won't talk, go tell an adult. Even if she gets pissed at you, I'd consider that better than her potentially hurting herself seriously.

Answer 10

hey, well, i know exactly what your friend is going through, seeings that i suffer from the same thing she may...a certain eating disorder. well, if you need to talk about a way that you can help her, you may im me anytime! i have some solutions!