ISSN: 2041-6792

Clinical Investigation

Child Eating Disorders

Eating disorders in children are often very hard to recognize even for some health professionals. Children are not just little adults. Eating disorders in children and younger adolescents often present differently than they do in older individuals, and misinformation about eating disorders abounds, even among medical professionals. Parents commonly feel guilty for missing the signs of an eating disorder in their child. This guilt is not productive and not warranted. Although eating disorders seem to be common in our culture, the odds of any particular child developing an eating disorder are quite low, and most parents are not actively watching for the initial indicators. Yet in retrospect, many parents are able to identify some of the early warning signs and regret not having been better informed about them.      

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