I’m so sorry you are going through this with your DD, OP. Parenthood can be such a roller coaster sometimes. Good luck with your appointment today.

Be really gentle and loving. I have no idea whether or not your child has an eating disorder, but anorexia is about control. The more someone pushes an anorexic person to eat, the greater the risk of digging in.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My new 13 year old girl is 5’3” and weighs 130 pounds. All her friends are similar. Fit healthy (none heavy) soccer girls.

Get your child to the ER immediately, OP.

Actually your kid is overweight on the BMI scale, so let’s quit with the craziness.

Get your kid to the ER? What is the ER going to do when a kid with no health problems walks into the ER?

Incorrect. She just had a doctors appointment and she is not overweight.

Go put your daughter’s stats into the CDC teen BMI calculator. Overweight isn’t obese…but it’s still overweight.

That still doesn’t negate crazy advice to take your kid to the ER.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My new 13 year old girl is 5’3” and weighs 130 pounds. All her friends are similar. Fit healthy (none heavy) soccer girls.

Get your child to the ER immediately, OP.

Actually your kid is overweight on the BMI scale, so let’s quit with the craziness.

Get your kid to the ER? What is the ER going to do when a kid with no health problems walks into the ER?

Incorrect. She just had a doctors appointment and she is not overweight.

The information you provided gives a BMI of 23.

This puts your child in the 87th percentile, which means your child is overweight. An ideal BMI for your child's gender and age is between 15.3 and 22.6 .

Overweight is a point at which your child's weight is no longer healthy. This is serious. Although your child isn't yet overweight, work with your healthcare provider—and your child—to keep this from becoming a future problem. An overweight child may develop problems with self-esteem. And healthcare providers have found that overweight children are developing serious health problems such as diabetes early in life that do not develop in children of normal weight.

Overweight children tend to become overweight adults. Being overweight as an adult increases the risk for serious diseases such as stroke, heart attack, diabetes, arthritis, and some forms of cancer. So now is the time to teach your child healthy habits that will last a lifetime.

87th percentile

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We believe she has an eating disorder. She drastically reduced her food intake the past 2-3 months. Yes, people are missing the point, it’s the weight loss we’re worried about and not the overall weight. Getting her seen today by a doctor.

Then stop wasting our time posting on here and go get your child some help!!!! I can’t stand OPs who complain about people who are taking their time to give personal information to help you make an informed decision.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We believe she has an eating disorder. She drastically reduced her food intake the past 2-3 months. Yes, people are missing the point, it’s the weight loss we’re worried about and not the overall weight. Getting her seen today by a doctor.

Thank you for the update, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:My new 13 year old girl is 5’3” and weighs 130 pounds. All her friends are similar. Fit healthy (none heavy) soccer girls.

Get your child to the ER immediately, OP.

Actually your kid is overweight on the BMI scale, so let’s quit with the craziness.

Get your kid to the ER? What is the ER going to do when a kid with no health problems walks into the ER?

Incorrect. She just had a doctors appointment and she is not overweight.

Anonymous wrote:My new 13 year old girl is 5’3” and weighs 130 pounds. All her friends are similar. Fit healthy (none heavy) soccer girls.

Get your child to the ER immediately, OP.

Actually your kid is overweight on the BMI scale, so let’s quit with the craziness.

Get your kid to the ER? What is the ER going to do when a kid with no health problems walks into the ER?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My new 13 year old girl is 5’3” and weighs 130 pounds. All her friends are similar. Fit healthy (none heavy) soccer girls.

Get your child to the ER immediately, OP.

My 10 year old is 5'2, also soccer girl, and weigh 115. This thread is scary.

No one cares how much your children way. This is not about you.

Anonymous wrote:My new 13 year old girl is 5’3” and weighs 130 pounds. All her friends are similar. Fit healthy (none heavy) soccer girls.

Get your child to the ER immediately, OP.

My 10 year old is 5'2, also soccer girl, and weigh 115. This thread is scary.

OP here. We believe she has an eating disorder. She drastically reduced her food intake the past 2-3 months. Yes, people are missing the point, it’s the weight loss we’re worried about and not the overall weight. Getting her seen today by a doctor.

Pediatrician tomorrow. Weight check and orthostatic exam. Do not mess around with eating disorders. The sooner you treat the more likely it is that she will make a full recovery. Treating is not therapy once a week - she may qualify for inpatient treatment. If she doesn’t, PHP and IOPs can be great.

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Anonymous wrote:Her weight is not the issue, its the weight loss and changed eating habits.

My 13 yo also weighs 80 pounds. But that is her normal weight - she gains a little each year as she grows.

This isn’t about your daughter. It’s about a 13 year old who went from a normal 96 lbs at 5”2 and dropped 16 lbs in a very short time. That's almost a 20% weight loss. That could be a serious health issue and she needs a doctors appointment right away.

NP. That was her point.

The dietician and therapist are a good place to start and can advise you better than DCUM posters who are low key bragging about how skinny their 13 year olds are - she probably does not need to be rushed to the ER.

I dropped from 120 to 85 (at 5'4) in my late teens and fortunately had no serious health issues (and somehow no concern from anyone in my life). I managed to pull myself out of that hole on my own at 21 or 22 but I wish
someone had intervened. It was a miserable way
to live. I'm glad you caught it when you did, OP.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/specialty-areas/eating-disorders

Yes. Get into Hopkins eating disorder clinic asap. They are one of the best in the country and practically in our backyard. Went with my dd, 19, who admitted to purging for at least a year last summer. Best of luck