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Changing the World One Teen at a Time

Why are you eating that? Should you be eating that? Why don’t you come with me to the gym? Your teen get’s it, you think they’re fat. Is there another way to say this that isn’t quite as hurtful?   You think your trying to help, but your teen thinks you’re just an a**hole for [...]

Parents often mistake an eating disorder for being a problem about food.  “My son thinks he’s fat!  He only eats sweets and carbs.” It is a problem with the way teens eat food, but the reason they eat that way has more to do with how their brain now defines food as bad for them.  [...]