There is no evidence that suggests social drinking underage leads to responsible drinking when the teens get older. I think my nieces are heading toward eating disorders. They hardly eat anything. They play with their food and are very conscious about style and their weight. It is because we have a culture that glorifies thinness.
Adolescence is a time when our bodies are changing in different ways.
Sometimes, we have a little bit of baby fat, so the ideal thinness and beauty is imposed on teens and has led to an increase in eating disorders. In addition, parents often react to children eating by making it a power struggle between the parent and the child. Eating becomes another way of asserting independence from the parent, or more precisely, not eating. Parents need to make sure that their kids know how much they love them, cherish them, care for them, and that is not dependent on what they weigh or how they look. Tell them how unrealistic the images we get from magazines are and what is truly healthy for teens when it comes to nutrition.