Children in Grade School Suffer from Eating Disorders

Girls as young as 6 years old are developing eating disorders, according to a story published this week by Canadian newspaper, The Windsor Star. This information came from a representative of the Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa Association.

"Research shows that when girls are teased about their size and their shape, they stop eating," said the representative, Mary Kay Lucier. "We had a girl today who was six, and she sure did understand that she wasn't eating because she didn't want to get teased. ⬦We've had 25 seven-year-olds in the past year come in in a state of acute starvation," Lucier said. "It really is harmful to children to tease about their size."

Education experts in Canada are concerned because schools do not have additional funding to launch necessary education campaigns for young children and their parents about eating disorders. These education programs are needed to address a growing and frightening problem among young children.

(Source: Canada.com/WindsorStar)

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