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Doctor to Assess and Make Recommendations on Daughter's Weight Problem
D.L.
asks from Seattle
I'm frustrated and worried about my 12-year-old. With all the panic about anorexia in teenage girls, I am a bit apprehensive about addressing the opposite problem...m...
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See all- D.- I gained quite a bit of weight in my stomach when I was going through puberty, age 11-12. However, at around 14 my stomach went back to being a normal size. It...
- I was anorexic, and worry about how I talk to my daughter all the time, not wanting her to follow in those footsteps at all! I would just keep the focus on exercising...
- Have her thyroid and adrenal levels checked. If either of these are out of whack, they can also cause weight gain.
