Promote size acceptance as part of the natural diversity of human beings. Accept your own body. Helping kids can be a reason to help ourselves. Kids can learn to roll with the punches and resist influences that depress or discourage them. Encourage activities that build character.
Research shows that most eating disorders started with a diet.
See the resource list below for weight management strategies that do work. You don't have to be sick to get better. Family therapy is a terrific resource to help people learn problem solving techniques that work. Resolving issues before they get out of hand can save a lot of damage. Author Biography Laura Asgarian, MS, RD is a nutrition therapist in private practice in Las Vegas, Nevada.