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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you posted this early on:

[quote]As for her general health, her vitals are fine. [b]Her team at NIH concluded that her bone delay is most likely a result of “insufficient caloric intake.”[/b] She is active, happy, social, coordinated, bright. [b]Sometimes she says she feels weak, tired, or dizzy.[/b] She is anxious, and I can’t say I blame her.[/quote]

I am astounded that her team and you and your husband are allowing this child to participate in ballet, a high energy sport, when she has poor bone growth and is feeling weak, tired and dizzy most likely due to insufficient caloric intake.

I know that dance makes her happy and gives her self confidence.  But your child has poor nutritional status.  Through no fault of her own or fault of her parents but it is the truth nevertheless.

Your daughter should not be participating in high energy sports of any kind until she can eat enough food to fuel her own growth.

She does not needs to be diagnosed with an eating disorder for you to take this extremely seriously and to use techniques that are helpful for feeding children with eating disorders.  Step one is to reduce all unnecessary physical activities.  No more ballet!!!   You are shooting yourself in the foot by allowing her to continue to burn calories when she cannot eat enough calories to let her bones grow.

Step two is to focus on high calorie foods -- not the red peppers.  Add oil to everything.  Count all her calories and make sure she is getting 3000+ calories per day.   (Ask about the use of periactin to help her stomach empty faster.)

You seem to think that anorexia is about control but it is not.  It is about not eating enough calories to fuel growth.  She might not have started with anorexia, but just filling up her stomach fast, plus additional caloric needs of her sport and of trying to grow, may have triggered anorexia.

You need to stop the ballet now.[/quote]

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