Is this pelican like behavior unsafe?
What do you recommend I tell her to refute
what she now considers to be a medical
pass to continue this practise?
Current medical status: This is a question
for my 14 yr old daughter. She is a 5'7'',
115 pound girl. She has a practice of
controlling her weight that I suspect is
unsafe. After a self imposed daily caloric
intake has been met, ("and she has a taste
for something else"), she will chew the
food without fully swallowing. She says
she is storing the food in her throat, I
assume just above the esophagus, to spit
out at a later time.
Current medical treatment: We are covered
by Kaiser Helasth care in California. A
doctor and therapist have told her this
practise has no medical implications,
after examining her.
I'd have to say that this is really a
strange way to control food intake. I
don’t see any medical implication from
this behaviour, either, except that some
pieces of food may enter into the
respiratory tract (larynx). If you
suspect that your daughter is experiencing
an eating disorder, you might seek a
second opinion from another therapist or
mental health professional.
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