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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing you have said worries me.  He seems to be a pretty typical teenage boy who hits a certain age, and now wants to get a 6-pack or whatever.  Have gone through this with 2 nephews (third is starting now).  They have all ended up as healthy young adults with an active lifestyle, and mindful of what they put in their bodies, but not obsessed with any of it.[/quote]

Ditto, and this comes from a mother of a teen with an eating disorder. He probably wants to get in shape for girls or because that's what "all the kids are doing" now. [/quote]
Well, that is how it starts.
It can take a turn to the dark side or it can be perfectly fine.[/quote]

OP, you're right to have this on your radar and be potentially concerned. 
When I was in college, my HS/college boyfriend developed anorexia.He did have weight to lose but he had no idea how to do it healthily. His solution was to cut out all foods containing any fat at all. Basically all he ate was vegetables. He dropped from 220 lbs to 120 lbs (and was nearly six feet tall, with a big frame) and was dangerously underweight and unhealthy. Long story short, he recovered and is now a healthy forty-something but it was scary at the time. There's not much talk about boys and eating disorders (and I had a daughter who also developed anorexia, so I'm pretty aware of the treatment and conversations about it) but they are very real. [/quote]

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