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What could you do to support a person with an eating disorder?

What could you do to support a person with an eating disorder?

just be there for them, be supportive, help them stick to their treatment. Be a friend. Seeking professional help would be the best suggestion. Professional help can be either for you or your friend.

Depends what the disorder is and what your relationship is.

If you're a kid and it's a friend, tell his/her parents. If it's "secret", write a note that sounds like you're someone who isn't close, but noticed.

If you live with them, buy/provide good foods rather than junk to binge on.

If they're bulimic, they're seeing themselves strangely. They need counseling. Be straight with them. Tummies and buns are supposed to be round... They're starving their bodies, heading for ill health or worse...

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