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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I know this is maybe not fair, but I also worry that for some teens, the restrictive nature of veganism can be a component of (or lead to) disordered eating. To be clear, I'm not saying that is true for all or most vegans. Just that the restrictive nature of the diet has some parallels.  [/quote]

This is exactly what happened to my friend’s child. Vegetarian -> vegan -> eating disorder. [/quote]

Oh please, the vegetarian/vegan did not cause an eating disorder.  Two separate issues.[/quote]

Wrong. The kid decided to restrict, which is how vegetarianism started. It allowed him to eat his own stuff,
Largely undetected. Then he announced he was vegan. After he lost a starting amount of weight he went to a nutritionist and then was referred to a psychologist. The kid - not you and not me - is the one who said he started it as a way to cut things out of his diet and it became more and more extreme. Fwiw- he’s doing well now, and eats normally but said he had to be very mindful of his eating and not slipping into bad habits.

I have a kid who is a veg so I’m not posting this to veg bash. I’m posting this to say that yes, it can be a sign of an ED. [/quote]

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