Dealing with Adolescent Eating Disorders

Answer 1

Eating Disorders and Teenagers

Eating disorders are gradually becoming a well-known problem that parents and family need to face when it occurs in any family. Adolescents are at a stage when they are particularly at risk of developing disordered eating habits and parents need to help their children get through these times to avoid having the problem continue. Dealing with adolescent eating disorders is tough, but worth the effort when they start practicing healthy eating habits.

Medical Treatment

Adolescents who are suffering from eating disorders must see a doctor to check them for imbalances of nutrients in the blood and other health conditions to prevent cardiac arrest or other serious health problems. This is one component to working through the problem.

Nutritional Treatment and Education

Having nutritional treatment and providing the adolescent with nutritional education helps get them back into healthy eating habits. The treatment is based around individual needs such as regaining weight or balancing minerals and vitamins to avoid problems from purging. Nurses and nutritional specialists often perform this treatment.

Psychological Treatment

Eating disorders are usually psychological in nature and thus need treatment from a psychologist or psychiatrist to help get to the root of the problem and work out the fears or causes of the disorder.

Adolescents who are suffering from an eating disorder need a program to beat the disorder and get back into healthy habits. Treatment is often tough, but getting treatment as soon as possible helps improve the success rate of eventually having normal eating habits. More information is available about the options parents have is discussed in the video.

Answer 2

Eating Disorders and Teenagers

Eating disorders are gradually becoming a well-known problem that parents and family need to face when it occurs in any family. Adolescents are at a stage when they are particularly at risk of developing disordered eating habits and parents need to help their children get through these times to avoid having the problem continue. Dealing with adolescent eating disorders is tough, but worth the effort when they start practicing healthy eating habits.

Medical Treatment

Adolescents who are suffering from eating disorders must see a doctor to check them for imbalances of nutrients in the blood and other health conditions to prevent cardiac arrest or other serious health problems. This is one component to working through the problem.

Nutritional Treatment and Education

Having nutritional treatment and providing the adolescent with nutritional education helps get them back into healthy eating habits. The treatment is based around individual needs such as regaining weight or balancing minerals and vitamins to avoid problems from purging. Nurses and nutritional specialists often perform this treatment.

Psychological Treatment

Eating disorders are usually psychological in nature and thus need treatment from a psychologist or psychiatrist to help get to the root of the problem and work out the fears or causes of the disorder.

Adolescents who are suffering from an eating disorder need a program to beat the disorder and get back into healthy habits. Treatment is often tough, but getting treatment as soon as possible helps improve the success rate of eventually having normal eating habits. More information is available about the options parents have is discussed in the video.