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Stop talking about your dieting in front of children, experts warn, as eating disorders rise SunSunday 24 updated SunSunday 24 Nutritionist Tara Leong doesn t mind if her daughter wants chocolate at a picnic. ( Share Print text only Cancel Dietitians are urging adults to avoid discussing diet and exercise regimes in front of children, saying demonising food could be damaging to the long-term mental health of children. Key points: A dietitian says she is seeing children as young as five restricting food intake Calls to a national eating disorder hotline increased by 60 per cent during 2020 Gold Coast paediatric dietitian Lyza Norton said she has seen increasing numbers of young children with concerns about eating, and children as young as 11 years of age presenting with full eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa.

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