Can Parents Cause Or Prevent Eating Disorders? Expert Explain. - Romper


4/11/2022 12:00:00 AM3 yearsago
by Margaret Wheeler Johnson

For years mothers were blamed for eating disorders, then taught to "model healthy eating" to prevent eating issues. But what can parents really do to help their kids develop healthy relationships with food?

"It's not the media or skinny, out-of-proportion Barbie dolls or even peer pressure that is the No. 1 cause of body issues for young girls. It's their mothers." USA Today, 2013 Not long after the Am… [+14091 chars]

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