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Eating Disorders in Very Young Children

Posted by Samantha Gluck in Mental Health, Pediatric Health on January 29, 2011

Eating disorders occur most often in young adolescents and teens; however, young children can develop eating disorders as well. Healthcare professionals are seeing a disturbing trend of children as young as age 5 developing eating disorders. While these eating disturbances often seem similar to the anorexia nervosa and bulimia, most commonly found in young teen […]

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