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[quote=Anonymous]See a dietician who specializes in teens immediately. Vet out their approach to ensure they have a body positive, food positive approach and do not condone pre-teens counting calories.

The number one predictor of an eating disorder is dieting, especially in young teens/pre-teens. It literally, physically/chemically, creates this push & pull in the brain to restrict, be triggered to overdo it (triggered by brain chemistry), then restrict harder and have a big shame and guilt cycle that makes it worse and involves hiding what you're doing.

I am a big fan of Ellyn Satter Institute for insight on child eating topics. I would not work with a dietician who wasn't familiar with that work. But you are into working with an actual dietician territory, don't try to DIY this.

I know people will think this is over-reactionary, but it is because we live so deeply in a damaging diet culture. It IS ok to want to care for your body and be in good physical shape, including how you eat and move. But the vast majority of "conventional wisdom" on this topic is incredibly damaging. And many doctors are not well educated on this. [/quote]

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