CCED provides clinically proven treatment for
children suffering from anorexia nervosa. We encourage you to speak with our Trusted Specialist.
Eating Disorders may manifest in children as young as 7 years old.
Anorexia Nervosa is the most common for Children Eating Disorders,
and 20-25 percent of children with Anorexia Nervosa will be boys. Children who
develop Anorexia Nervosa tend to be perfectionists, ‘good’ kids who have
previously caused no difficulties for their parents.
Signs of Anorexia Nervosa in Children
- Children have a fear of becoming fat
- An inaccurate view of their own body
shape/size
- Restrict food intake through refusal
- A rapid loss in weight or maintain weight, instead of normal growth patterns
The food
refusal behavior may be difficult to recognize initially as it tends to
occur secretively. Due to the age of the child, it is generally not
feasible to look at loss or delay of menses as a diagnostic
characteristic.
Children Eating Disorder Effects
Medically, children will
typically experience a loss in bone density, possible loss of height
potential, abnormal heart rhythms, and vitamin and mineral
deficiencies. The treatment program at the Cleveland Center for Eating Disorders utilizes the Maudsley
Method, which was developed particularly for working with children and
adolescents in a family-based setting and shows high levels of success.