Basic Tips to Protect Your Teen from Eating Disorders

Tips to Protect Your Teen from Eating Disorders

Why Teens Get Into Eating Disorders
Various factors might put teens at risk of acquiring eating disorders:
Societal Pressure
Favorite Activities
Low Self-Esteem
Personal Factors
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Why Teens Get Into Eating Disorders
Societal Pressure: Modern Western culture tends to create an urge for a slim body.
Even teens with a normal body weight feel that they're fat.
This can trigger eating disorders for
being thin – esecially in teen girls.
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Why Teens Get Into Eating Disorders
!avorite "ctivities: Particiation in different activities that value leanness – such as
running# wrestling and ballet – can develo the ris$ of teen eating disorders.
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Why Teens Get Into Eating Disorders
%ow Self&Esteem: Teens who have low self&esteem might use their eating traditions
or weight loss to accomlish a sense of stability or control.
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Why Teens Get Into Eating Disorders
Personal !actors: 'iological factors or (enetics might effect some teens more li$ely
to develo eating disorders. Personality attributes such as erfectionism# rigidity or
an)iety might also lay a role for eating disorders.
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Early Effects of Teen Eating Disorders
Signs and symtoms of eating disorders:
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*i++iness
Wea$ness
,rritability
Trouble in Sleeing
*ifficulty in -oncentrating
!or girls# Menstrual ,rregularities

Tips to Prevent Teen from Eating Disorders
Prevention begins with oen communication:
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!oster Self&Esteem
Promote a .ealthy 'ody ,mage
Encourage /easonable Eating .abits
Share the *angers of *ieting and Emotional Eating

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