Normally when talking about anorexia it is thought that only girls suffer from it, but there are also boys who can suffer from it. Anorexia can affect either sex in adolescence.
For this reason, special care must be taken at this stage where the changes that children present can be too drastic and lead to suspect that something is not going well. If you start to suspect that your son or daughter is starting to engage in strange behaviors and could be anorexic or anorexic, don’t focus on scolding or punishing them as this will only exacerbate the problem. It is essential that if this happens you start by having a calm talk about the possible existence of a problem that worries you and that you want to help. That’s why we want to guide you on how to know if my son has anorexia nervosa.
Steps to follow:
- He has an obsession with weighing himself. You begin to notice that your child begins to have an almost obsessive excessive control of the scale.
- Refuse food. You start to stop eating foods, especially fatty foods, that you used to love and did not mind eating.
- Strange attitude to food. You find that he plays with food too much or that he cuts food into very small pieces and sets them aside, or orders them, etc. Everything to avoid ingesting it.
- He gets angry and even aggressive if someone questions his eating.
- You become obsessed with the calories in food. If he has more than he considers adequate, he rejects the food.
- You have thin icons of famous people that you want to copy. He focuses on models who are thin and never see himself as attractive.
- You have a constant and unfounded feeling of obesity and you just want to continue losing weight with excessive control, controlling weight, measurements, looking in the mirror, etc.
- It takes a long time to get dressed, nothing suits her. It can be confused with being flirtatious.
- Avoid meals in company, if you have no choice, leave the table as soon as possible.
- Changes in mood Tendency to isolation, depression and anxiety. Low self-esteem.
- It makes a lot of exercise, constant and excessive, it may also be evidence that your son/daughter suffers from anorexia nervosa.
This article is merely informative, we do not have the power to prescribe any medical treatment or make any type of diagnosis. We invite you to see a doctor in the case of presenting any type of condition or discomfort.
