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Why "offer high fat smoothies" to a hypothetical teenager who slims down from 75th percentile to 50th? If she has developed anorexia, deal with that. But if she's developing better eating habits and snacking on onions instead of cookies, be glad.[/quote]

Because "slimming down" from 75th percentile to 50th%ile for a young teen who is exercising strenuously can be a trigger for developing anorexia.

High fat smoothies are a great way to nip this in the bud and can be extremely healthy and nutrient dense.  If you need extra calories to fuel growth and exercise, it's a great place to get it.

Knowing what I know about how awful anorexia is, I would do anything to avoid it even starting.   Knowing what I know about swimmers and anorexia, I would not let my child swim competitively if he or she lost anything in the weight percentile.  I'd make sure he or she kept eating enough calories to fuel the exercise.

SO MANY parents of athletes who end up developing anorexia say they wish they had understood the signs sooner and not been so reluctant to intervene, because they thought their child was eating "healthily".   And it's good to "slim down" right??   But calories are also healthy and fat is healthy.  If you have an active child who is also still growing just PAY ATTENTION and make she she isn't slipping in her weight percentiles and not eating enough calories.  That's all I'm saying.

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