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Eating disorders

One of the most stressful times is a person's life is adolescence. There are many changes and challenges that a young person has to face and it may not be easy. These changes can take many forms from discovering who you are, becoming more independent, making new friends to physical changes, getting taller, putting on weight, getting acne etc.

Some people do not know how to cope with these changes and quite often use food as a means of coping. Some people use food as a "comfort" which can lead to over eating and obesity or other serious disorders such as Bulimia, Anorexia or overeating.

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