Monitor what the friend is eating Use food as a socializing agent. Eating disorders are not about food. They are about emotions, feelings, and control. People who struggle with eating disorders are doing the BEST that they can. They are trying to solve their problems the only way they know how.
Many people develop eating disorders to cope with pressures they receive from the outside world.
Know that it is not about food, and underlying a disorder is only anger, helplessness, low self-esteem or a feeling of failure.