2024-11-01 – Health – www.theguardian.com
Perhaps your son’s aversion to food is a symptom of a wider anxiety – finding ways to talk about it is key to discovering its cause
My husband and I have two teenage boys, the youngest being 14. Our younger son has struggled with anxiety and low self-esteem, issues that were exacerbated during the Covid pandemic. One of his primary challenges is around food. He is very underweight, ranking in the lowest 1% for both height and weight.
While my husband and I generally agree on the nature of the problem and the potential solution-seeking help from health professionals and carefully considering how to support our son’s weight gain, we find ourselves constantly at odds.
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