{"id":327,"date":"2021-07-05T17:55:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T22:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thechildrensclinic.ky\/?p=327"},"modified":"2021-07-05T17:56:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T22:56:39","slug":"identifying-and-treating-eating-disorders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechildrensclinic.ky\/identifying-and-treating-eating-disorders\/","title":{"rendered":"Identifying and Treating Eating Disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eating disorders can be complex and hard to identify and treat in children and teens, but the earlier an eating disorder is detected, the better chance of a healthy outcome for a young patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Studies have shown a delay in identifying boys and young men with eating disorders because of a perception that this is a female disorder. Boys and young men may be focused on leanness, weight control, and muscularity, and signs that indicate a possible eating disorder may include purging, use of \u200bmuscle-building supplements, substance abuse, and depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mean age of a child with an eating disorder is 12.5 years old, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about eating disorders visit &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/31VpkgQ?fbclid=IwAR140uZUatKvEzt8tZycDGxioheMZDAjQXCVI15ZC0UT6yJxnQZ2JLa26tU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/31VpkgQ<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/HealthChildren.org\/?fbclid=IwAR1dbLk-onlyAojYBjf2BkW5MjTXUFzPbgrcnbrMypLGDm_VSoGANp8mo00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HealthChildren.org.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you or a family member are concerned about a possible eating disorder please contact our clinic at 949-2970 or email us at <a href=\"mailto:drgoffice@candw.ky\">drgoffice@candw.ky.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eating disorders can be complex and hard to identify and treat in children and teens, but the earlier an eating disorder is detected, the better chance at a healthy outcome for a young patient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,15,22,18,21],"courses-cat":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechildrensclinic.ky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechildrensclinic.ky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechildrensclinic.ky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechildrensclinic.ky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechildrensclinic.ky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thechildrensclinic.ky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechildrensclinic.ky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechildrensclinic.ky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechildrensclinic.ky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechildrensclinic.ky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"courses-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechildrensclinic.ky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/courses-cat?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}