Health Tip: Eating Disorder Can Hurt Your Child

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An eating disorder, such as binge eating, bulimia or emotional eating, can be dangerous at any age, particularly for a teenager.

The American Academy of Family Physicians mentions these potential health consequences of an eating disorder:

• Weight gain or loss.
• Difficulty concentrating.
• Problems of the stomach, heart, teeth or kidneys.
• Osteoporosis.
• Dry skin.
• In severe cases, death.

Source: HealthDay

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