DD refusing food offers/eating less - is this an eating disorder

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Hi, Happy New Year everyone.
I’ve noticed my DD 13 isn’t eating as much as normal. I haven’t seen her eat crisps/sweets/chocolate for a while and she doesn’t eat much at the table. She used to always ask for helpings before! I don’t think she’s overweight but she refuses my food offers a lot.
For instance: me - morning DD, would you like some bacon?
dd- no thanks mum (she goes and makes toast) She’s stopped eating meat - going veggie??

another thing - she wants to do more sport. she asked Dh when he wants to go cycling or on a run.

Im at my wits end - i’ve booked GP appt so far. What do I do now?

Turning veggie can be a way to control what you eat without being questioned by other people - a family member and a friend both used this as a way to start reducing food without it raising alarm bells. I'm veggie myself but I didn't eat less to go veggie.

Very much respect that people with more experience if EDs than me are saying that signs like this were often the start of EDs. But from my own experience, all the of my DDs did at least one of the things mentioned here (one went vegan, one became weight conscious and started refusing puddings and the other became a very slow eater, also refusing sweet things) And none of them has developed an eating disorder. It is very normal to start to want more control over what you eat as you enter your teens (as well as the rest of your life) So yes, definitely keep an eye on things, but not sure telling her you think she has an eating disorder (which you'd need to do to get her to the doctor's) on the grounds that she prefers toast to bacon and wants to keep fit is necessarily needed just yet.

Thanks all.
It’s just she’s not eating what she used to before. Her packed lunch comes home uneaten most days. I think she’s trying to join a sports club at school bc an email came to me to join - more exercise? She asked where the scales in the bathroom had gone so she noticed. She always asks me to buy vegetables/fruits now but she used to ask for chocolate/ sweet stuff. She eats very little at tea time & quickly.

feeling bad

It definitely sounds like the start of an ED and the quicker you get a handle on it the better.

Start with GP appointment and check if the local Camhs ED service will let you self refer.

The charities BEAT and FEAST are good for advice as well.

I agree. Please take it seriously. If it turns out not to be an ED no harm done.
What was her eating like over school hols. Could you post what she was eating on a typical day.
I would also again suggest you post on our Teen ED thread. I'll try to do a link....

www.mumsnet.com/talk/eating_disorders/4641176-teen-eating-disorders-thread-7?page=36 Teen ED thread