Family care an anorexia option
Adam Cresswell; 31/5/08
It took a while for Sydney mother Jan to realise something wasn’t quite right with her daughter Ashleigh, then aged 13 1/2. At that stage weighing 62 kilograms, Ashleigh was sensitive about her weight - which was perfectly healthy, but towards the upper end of the normal range. Ashleigh mentioned to Jan (not their real names) that she wanted to shed a bit of the “puppy fat” that was making her unhappy. For the next couple of months, until about October 2006, all seemed to be going well. Ashleigh continued to eat well, was sporty, healthy and - so it seemed - happy. Her mother noticed a bit of weight had come off, but nothing to cause concern. Slowly, that changed. “I started to notice that she was making different choices about food,” says Jan. “There was always an excuse - ‘No, I don’t want a salad sandwich, I’ll just have the salad without the bread’.”
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23779731-23289,00.html
Tags: Australia, health, Young People