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Make a promise to work out for the joy of feeling your body move and grow stronger, not to cleanse fat from your body or to recompense for calories eaten.
Help children welcome and oppose the ways in which television, magazines, and other media disfigure the true diversity of human body types and mean that a slim body means power, excitement, popularity, or perfection. Teach boys and girls about many forms of prejudice, including weightism, and help them know their task of avoiding them. Do whatever you can to encourage the self-worth and self-confidence of all of your children in academic, sporty, and social activities. Give boys and girls the same prospects and support. Be cautious not to give advice that females are less significant than males, that is by excluding males from doing household work or childcare. A well-formed sense of self and firm confidence is possibly the best cure for fasting and disordered eating. (Ten Things Parents can do to Prevent Eating Disorders)
Conclusion:
The life of a person with eating disorder can be saved by cure. Friends, relatives, teachers, and physicians all play a major role in making the affected person begin and remain in the treatment program. Support, care, and determination, as well as details about eating disorders and their perils, may be required to persuade the ill person to seek help, remain in treatment, or try again. Family members can call the local hospitals and find details regarding the clinics and clinicians who give the best treatment for this illness. For college students, the treatment may be present in the school counseling centers. Family members must read more articles...
There are many local health organizations and self-help groups, which give free literature on eating disorders. When the person gets help, he or she requires lots of support and compassion to carry on with the treatment.
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