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Parenting After Gastric Bypass SurgeryAs parents who've had gastric bypass surgery we face many challenges raising a family. Perhaps an unexpected challenge is when a child develops an eating disorder that may be exacerbated by the parents dieting habits. It turns out as our children observe us diet and fail (repeatedly) before having gastric bypass surgery, then they watch us lose weight in an almost obsessive excitement after weight loss surgery (wls), some panic and vow "this will not occur to me." a descent into an eating disorder might follow. According to anorexiabulimahelp "dieting or restriction of certain foods, or excessive dieting from parents" is a contributing factor in adolescent and pre-teen eating disorders. In addition "the appearance obsessed society most people live in may contribute to eating disorders ... When combined with a low self-esteem, feelings of depression or anxiety or isolation, the effects can be devastating. Eating disorders commonly erupt as a coping mechanism, as a way for people to feel more "normal" and in control in a society that isn't really normal to begin with." Wow. Are you worried? Growing up i watched my mom work her way up and down the scale multiple times. No need to list the diets she tried: we all tried them. I think i learned from her that diet equals loser. It seems like each time she'd get to the benchmark; "this is the lowest weight i've been since having my first child" suddenly her weight loss would cease and back up the scale she'd climb at a rapid rate. She is morbidly obese today and no longer attempts dieting. Who could blame her? Did she know that was the lesson she was teaching me? That eventually i'd "diet" myself into morbid obesity? I don't believe so, and i don't blame her. She didn't know any better. We know better nowadays. It is our stewardship to our children to do the best we can to protect them, raise them healthy, and teach them healthy habits of nutrition and exercise. We owe it to our children to keep them off the operating table and out of eating disorder treatment centers. But how to do that? By good example and by being informed. This is only a snippet For more click here
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