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Scenario

When parents disagree about athletic fasting practices in teens

Our teenage son started fasting because his wrestling coach suggested it for making weight, but he's taking it way further than the sport requires and my husband thinks I'm overreacting when I worry. We're sending him mixed messages about when restriction is healthy versus harmful.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Parental approaches to sports-related restriction conflict, leaving the child without consistent guidance about healthy boundaries.

Your guide for this
Dipa
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Fasting — all traditions and the evidence?”

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