Family meals cut eating disorders


	Family meals cut eating disorders

tabsey

1-9-2008 7:39 AM

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tabsey says:

Makes good sense. Might help dysfunctional families too.

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1-24-2008 10:53 PM

heyitsme2007

This is so true. Taking time out of your day to eat with your family is vital in the development of teenagers. Girls need to eat with their families to practice normal eating patterns.

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behaviour such as vomiting, binge eating or using laxatives or diet
pills.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/family-meals-cut-eating-disorders/2008/01/08/1199554654495.html?s_cid=rss_national"><P>A study of more than 2500 US high school students found that
girls who ate five or more family meals a week had a much healthier
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