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[quote=Anonymous]It sounds like a lot to deal with, OP. I hope all the responses in this thread aren't overwhelming. It sounds like you are already doing what you need to do: getting specialized advice from a medical team, taking the issues seriously, considering all recommendations.

I have a thin but stable kid (&lt;5% for weight, 10% BMI). I have some conflict with my child's other parent who stresses a kind of &quot;healthy eating&quot; that is great for most people, but not our child. My kid gravitates to foods like fruit, egg whites, black beans-and that's great, but I also offer her the highest fat ice cream I can get, give her after school chips or cookies (she still eats the same amount at meals after these foods). Honestly, that's challenging socially because none of my parent peers operate that way, but she is maintaining her BMI.

I was a similarly thin kid who went on to have an eating disorder. So I went from 10%BMI at 10 years to &lt;1 at 14. The fact that I was already a very thin kid and that I didn't express any body dysmorphia really masked my eating disorder. As an outside observer I would say your child has several significant risk factors for disordered eating-possible genetic risk, social contagion of knowing another young person with an eating disorder, and being in an activity that favors slim bodies (and even if the studio is very careful about what they say, kids are not stupid they can see what professional dancers look like and what they most successful older girls at the studio look like). [/quote]

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