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How families navigate meals when multiple members have eating disorders

Our family dinners have become a minefield because my teenage daughter is in recovery from anorexia and my other daughter binges when she's stressed, and we're all walking on eggshells trying not to say the wrong thing about food while pretending everything is normal.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A family system is paralyzed by the competing needs of different eating disorder presentations, creating silence where support is needed most.

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“Where Are You with Eating disorders — all presentations?”

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