My friend's 11 year old son is on the football team and is like, 5'6". He's a TINY bit overweight d/t my friend's mom constantly feeding him. He exercises a lot since he's on the football team and has some muscle. I might go so far as to say HE is built like a linebacker, but only because he's tall and looks like he could kill someone by tackling them (and by someone I mean another 11 year old who's very tiny). No one tells him he's "built like a linebacker" to his face. If he skips a meal it's because he's legitimately not hungry and my friend knows he gets plenty to eat at school/probably grandma's so she doesn't yell at him if he doesn't eat her dinners. If he's eating to much my friend tells him to slow down a bit and think about what he's doing or makes him drink a little water or something. I guess my point is that it's stupid to assume kids are so nutty and helpless that they would go so far as starving themselves unless they had a REAL mental disorder. You know when you're full and when you're not, whether you're 11 or 30. IF that were real life the kid would maybe be failing health class and had a lab where they calculated their BMI and became concerned. Then the teacher would maybe pull him aside and educate him on proper health and nutrition. Maybe a parent would be called and talked to.  Oh, the oppression!!! I still don't understand why hams want to take power away from themselves and act like they are so helpless. And then further more make children feel helpless.