So, I suspect my friend has an eating disorder.?

Not only me, a group of 3 friends.
All the signs point to it, but we don't know what to do. We can't ask her, and we can't tell a teacher/parent, so please don't say those.
She might deny it, and plus might be faking it (not sure).
She's chubby but NOT fat!
I don't know....
what to do?

wach her closely and force her to eat if she doesnt. then if she doesnt eat tell her what you think is wrong and convince her out of it

See if you can arrange a whole day or weekend with her. Close observatiuon should give you the answer

start calling her Lardy

watch her closely.

what easting disorder to you think she has?

Why can't you tell a teacher/parent? You could do it anonymously. If your friend has a problem, you should help her & not be worried about what a parent/teacher would say...it's the responsible & the grown up thing to do.

would help if you specified what kind. When you make plans make them to dine and all order healthy so she is encouraged to eat and go to the restroom with her as a group like most girls do. If you discourage it by being there then she will most likely stop. Join a fitness club together and try to make it healthy. Don't say anything until you find out for sure and do not compliment her on the way she looks. say u r looking pale. or something like that. r u getting enough to eat

Heres a good site for information on eating disorders

http://www.insightempire.com/Peoplewithe...

help him!Don't leave him lonely...

give her a carrot or something, offer her healthy foods, maybe she is just turning down chips and all that unhealthy food, if she turns down healthy food, maybe she does have a eating dissorder, and u do need to tell a teacher, just don't let ur freind find out, if it's a nice teacher, she would tell ur freind that she has noticed she has a eating dissorder, not yall... am i making any since here?

My best friend was anorexic while we were at school and took laxatives so was often going to the toilet. She wouldn't eat much around other people either and would often eat when she got home.
Does your friend eat around you and the rest of your friends or is she constantly turning down offers of food? If she is she probably has a few issues with her weight but this doesn't neccessarily mean she has an eating disorder.

Why don't you try and reassure her about her weight or suggest going swimming or try out a dance class or something. If you're friends why can't you ask her, she might want to talk about it!

The main thing is to just be there for her. Good Luck!

Try to pretend that you have a earing disorder and confide in her she might confide back.. If she does open up dont tell anyone else or it will destroy her..

if you think she anorexic start eating with and in front of her, buy her little pressies of food everynow and then and one for yourself and make sure you eat them together.

if you think she eats to much encourage her to join a gym or go swimming with her. and say that you want to diet (even if you dont) and you need her support.


either way you and your friends will need to support her and put effort into it without hurting her feelings.

Just because she is chubby, it does not mean that she doesnt have an eating disorder...for example, the main problem with bulimics being diagnosed and recognised, is that they maintain a normal weight, sometimes slightly overweight, so its hard to tell.
When thinking about an eating disorder, many people think of the typical anorexic (really skinny), but bulimics dont look like this, making it harder to recognise if they have bulimia.

I would just spend alot of time with her, so you can look out for obvious signs like:
smelling of sick
disappearing to the toilet after eating
not eating muchin front of people, but eating alot in private etc.

good for you to want to help your friend, but dont judge her, any eating disorder is an ILLNESS, not a cry for attention, or anything else, not vanity etc.