- Obvious changes in weight, both up and down.
- Going through puberty early, or being bigger or taller than average size.
- Going on a diet
- Pickiness in food choices, fear of fat in food.
- Sudden interest in nutrition and healthy eating.
- Interest in food labels, especially fat grams and calories.
- Deciding to become a vegetarian.
- Avoiding desserts.
- Skipping meals, especially breakfast.
- Drinking excessive amounts of water, diet soda, coffee, or other non-caloric drink.
- Frequent complaints of feeling full or bloated, constipation, diarrhea, stomach pain, nausea, and vomiting.
- Lying about food intake.
- Refusal to eat in public.
- Rituals around food (i.e., food can't touch, must be cut a certain way, etc)
- Seems distressed, anxious, or guilty about eating.
- Spends a lot of time worrying about size and shape.
- A newfound interest in sports, or exercising in addition to sports practice.
- A drive to excel in sports.
- Involvement in “thinness demand sports” such as dance, ballet, gymnastics, figure skating.
- Involvement in sports with weight classes such as wrestling or some martial arts.
- Involvement in sports in which weight can affect performance, such as running, cross-country skiing.
- A tendency to be a perfectionist.
- Low self-esteem.
- Development of moodiness, seems less happy in general.
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