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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s easy to freak out based on how common eating disorders were when we grew up. TBH, the problem now is that they really are getting fat and not bothered by it. I’m kind of shocked your kid said this given how being fat is treated now by most people. Eating disorders aren’t that common anymore. I would not get too worried. Just ask her where she’s getting this stuff. It’s prob from another kid’s mom. Seriously the kids are not obsessed with it. [/quote]

I agree with this.  But the concern isn't that OP's kid is afraid of getting fat, it is that she thinks she already is.  The only thing I can think of is maybe she is bigger than some of her peers and has noticed.  My normal heathy weight 12 yr old is 5'2" and 100 lbs.  She has a BFF who is probably 75 lbs.  Both are healthy girls, but just built different and in different stages of puberty.  Next to her, maybe she would think she is fat.  But she has never said so.  Though I can see how given the vast differences in rates of growth and development among kids of the same age how one could think they are fat and aren't.  [/quote]

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