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[quote=Anonymous]Be glad she’s asking you. You can now give her perspective and ways to think about healthy eating and a healthy relationship with food. Having now been through a year with a child who developed anorexia - and yes as many point out so many American have unhealthy or disordered eating - you can help provide info and models foe her that get her away from the traps of a life of calorie counting and fear and diet culture and restrictions or over eating. The “ideal” is to focus on balanced food, normalized portions and no “never” (or red) foods. If you need models, even if your kid doesn’t have an eating disorder, the book How to Nourish Your Child Through an Eating Disorder has good models and advice on what to say to different issues. It’s based on a healthy plate and snacks (healthy being mental Heath too and not restrictive of types of foods or treats etc). 
The FEAST-Ed.org site someone mentioned above is modern thinking. Anything Maudsley is modern thinking. Anything focusing on control or even the cursory Mayo Clinic things have outdated ideas and practices. Almost anyone you talk to with info about eating disorders that’s more than 10 years ago is out of date. The practices now are basically around CBT - building skills, thoughts and practices. [/quote]

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