Anybody know how to find out if your child has an eating disorder?

Answer 1

My daughter started her eating disorder at about six years old. She began saying she thought she was fat.

She began vomiting, periodically, and there was no cause for it, so we later discovered she was doing it when we weren't looking.

We got her past it, by watching her everytime she ate. We did not let her know we knew. She'd eat and then excuse herself to go to the restroom. Then, she'd return, drink some liquid, and excuse herself from the table. If she couldn't go right away, she'd look agitated.

We deliberately had the bathroom "occupied" or would discuss issues with her for about an hour after dinner. Finally, she stopped having the urge to vomit so bad.

Often, kids who don't feel in control of their lives, start controlling their eating, so they have some mechanism of control.

I really hope this helps.

Answer 2

Does she throw up a lot or gag on her food? Has she lost a lot of weight in a short amount of time? Does she push the food around her plate to make it appear that she is eating something? Has her menstrual cycle stopped? These are some signs to look for in your child.

Check her computer. There are websites that encourage anorexia and bulimia.

For a sure answer take her to the doctor.

Answer 3

Take her to the doctor or have a counselor speak with her. There are signs though: eating in secret, rapid weight loss, going to the bathroom immediately after eating, chronic bad breath and tooth decay, obsessive exercising. The sites below may help. God Bless.

Answer 4

im not an expert, but im a pretty fat teenager! i want to get skinny so sometimes i dont eat. if she/he talk about how they weigh too much r how fat they are then pay close attention to their actions. try not to be overly cautious or she/he will sense that something is up. talk to them about the importance of health and that u love them for who they are on the inside. that is all i have to say about that

Answer 5

i've got faith I examine someplace that any themes, alongside with anorexia, could be further on by means of molestation and/or rape. in some cases whilst demanding issues ensue it reasons our bodies to circulate into "risk-free mode." techniques for assisting your physique cope with what exceeded off to you is for it to have an ingesting sickness. as a results of fact you probably did no longer have administration over what exceeded off once you have been youthful your physique needs administration over something else, something that satisfies that starvation and ought to have administration. Ive heard its the comparable thought with drugs, your physique has to administration, it relatively is your way of your physique coping.

Answer 6

if your child "needs a shower" after every meal, then he/she is probably throwing up and not showering

Answer 7

Start with a visit to your pediatrician

Answer 8

just watch the child... there are unmistakable signs

Answer 9

Easiest way is to simply observe his/her behavior.

Answer 10

go see a heath expert,