Authors:
Desmond Ballance, Jodie Jenkinson
Chelsea is a 13-year-old adolescent who was diagnosed one year ago with anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder characterized by self-starvation and excessive weight loss. To meet her under any circumstance that did not involve food, you probably wouldn't guess that she had an eating disorder (ED). But when you ask her about her feelings toward eating, food, and meal planning, her anxieties are evident. She finds planning a meal extremely difficult, particularly when incorporating healthy quantities of "stressful" foods like carbohydrates and fats into a meal. She relies on her parents to plan her meals and uses measuring cups…
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