Hi there,
long time lurker first post here. I’m looking for advice on how to sit down and discuss this with my son 22, most likely NSD, that he has an eating disorder. He’s 6ft 3 and very very slight , grew two inches over the summer ! I only found out this due to a suit hire fitting a few months later. I have had discussions around healthy eating , cutting back on sugary drinks , monsters coke etc but he works from home on line . Unsociable hours so has his first break at 7pm I try and have his dinner ready.
what’s happening is :- he won’t like the dinner eat a tiny amount and will cook something later. This tends to be pasta with Parmesan cheese. He’ll then before starting work at 2pm he’ll get a chicken roll , crisps from supermarket. He vapes and drinks energy drinks . Eating little or no protein at all. I’ve suggested and done the following:-
smoothies , having wraps ready , cooking his fav dinner ( all but rarely eats it all). We’ve talked he’ll “eat” well for 2-3 days and then ronde and repeat. He would have some depression episodes also .
Won’t go back to GP, won’t go to counselling, says he’s fine and withins normal bmi won’t recognise the 2inches he grew in the summer. I’ve 4 kids , he’s second son. Husband says let him be I was a skinny kid. My other adult kids say he’s got very unhealthy issues around food and he needs help ( they gym bunnies eating cooking al the time ) and they think he does it to be different ( goth style etc) and to wind me up .
Im looking for some fact base information or links that I can show him re his health his future health if he continues living on pasta and cheese, his dental health also as his personal hygiene can be hit and miss.think would be when I feel he is depressed.
sorry is to long , he’s a gentle soul and a lovely boy but I need to get him to see what damage he is doing . Thank you for reading .
pink player