Eating Disorder Warning Signs

• Significant weight loss or failure to gain expected weight as your child or adolescent grows.
• Large fluctuations in weight and eating habits.
• Obsessions and preoccupations with weight, food and dieting.
• Unusual eating habits, including refusal to eat certain foods and/or taking "healthy eating" to an extreme.
• Constant talk about feeling "fat" or being overweight despite weight loss.
• Anxiety about gaining weight or becoming "fat".
• Development of food "rituals" or odd eating habits.
• Avoiding the family dinner table, citing reasons for not eating ("already ate", "will eat later", or "not hungry").
• Exercising more than necessary for good health and being unable to miss a work out.
• Increasing isolation and avoiding social activities, especially when food is involoved.
• Loss of menstrual period, or needing hormones to sustain menses.