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My parents think i have an eating disorder. what does that mean?

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A family disease: Eating disorders are a family disease. That your parents think you have an eating disorder means that the family's relationship with food may be dysfunctional. How that applies to you specifically can not be determined without more specific information.

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Answered 2/7/2015

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