My 9year old son over the last couple of weeks has been cutting out meals saying he isnt hungry or not feeling well i would still make his breaky and lunch (these are the meals he tries to skip) but they get left. I tell him he isnt allowed to have snacks ect if they are not eaten but he is fine with that. In the past 2 weeks his being saying his fat and wants to lose weight his far from fat his very active loves sports and being outside. Is it just a faze or should i seek medical advise. Thank u for reading
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Seek medical advice. Early intervention with a psychologist can make sure this becomes a phase. Eating disorders/body dysmorphia type issues get out of hand really fast.
Keep an eye on his growth, if all is normal he may well just not be hungry. As a teen I was threatened with going to the doctor over too but just wasn't hungry.
My kids can get like this when they need to be wormed
The part that stands out as worrying 'in the past 2 weeks he has been saying he is fat and wants to loose weight'
That's not the words of a child who just isn't hungry.
Sounds to me like a response to being bullied about his weight. Please have a heart-to-heart with him and try to figure out where he's picked up this idea from. You could check his BMI for him so he has scientific proof that he can use to rebuild his confidence that he is in fact a healthy weight.