If you have a teenage daughter, the chances are that you’ve already had arguments over food. A shocking eighty percent of Americans have tried dieting by the age of thirteen, though only a small percentage of them are actually overweight.
At this age, when the body is still developing, lack of proper nutrition can lead to long term health problems. Boys are at risk too, making up ten percent of eating disorder sufferers. For three to four percent of these children, ordinary dieting will develop into full blown anorexia or bulimia. Now, with the internet to focus their behaviour, those statistics are getting even worse.
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