Eating disorders are serious health conditions that affect both physical and mental health. According to the Mayo Clinic, these conditions include problems in how you think about food, eating, weight, shape, and eating behaviours. While anyone can develop an eating disorder, these often start in the teen and young adult years. As a parent of a teenager, one needs to be vigilant about their child’s diet and educate them about eating disorders to reduce their risk of developing these and promote a healthy and nurturing relationship with food.
“One cannot think well, live well, love well, sleep well if one has not dined well,” Saakshi Singla, Child Development Expert and Therapist, quotes Virginia Woolf, as this statement “encapsulates the importance of food and nutrition in our physical, mental, emotional, and brain health.” The expert adds, “Yet this isn’t something we discuss with our teenagers. And so, many of our children, while on their journey to adulthood, get lost on the way and ..