I've worried about my weight for as long as I can remember. While I was definitely a bit chubby in my early teens, I was always a pretty fit kid before that but even so, I always worried about being too fat. In fact, I've heard a lot of reports that state many girls and boys are concerned their weight and so start to diet at younger and younger ages. These days, most of the attention in the media is about obese children rather than those suffering from anorexia or bulimia.

While there is plenty of attention given to overweight kids, how many programs are there for those with other eating disorders? I tried to look for more information on google, and when I put in the keywords "anorexia rates children united states" most of the headlines I got back were still about obesity. Apparently things are the same in other countries as well, Australia being one example. According to this article, of the programs that do exist in that country for anorexia and bulimia, almost all focus on treating those over the age of 16, when in reality these eating disorders start at much younger ages.

The good news is that they are beginning to address the problem there to try to make people aware that young kids can suffer from eating disorders other than obesity. So, does anyone know of anything similar going on in North America?