Kelly, a 14-year-old female, has been referred to a registered dietitian as part of her treatment plan for a new diagnosis of anorexia nervosa.

Kelly, a 14-year-old female, has been referred to a registered dietitian as part of her treatment plan for a new diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. Members of Kelly’s treatment team include her primary care physician, a psychiatrist, her school health nurse, her parents, and a registered dietitian. Kelly started to display an intense anxiety of gaining weight when her parents divorced (she was 12 ½ years old at the time). Kelly started menses when she was 12, but hasn’t had a period for the past year. Her usual food intake in the past three months includes 4 diet Cokes®, 15 raw baby carrots, and 1 slice diet bread per day.  At 14 years of age Kelly had a BMI of 15.5 kg/m2. 

What is the recommended number of calories for 12-year old females? 

2.What is the term when a girl stops having her menstrual period? 

3.What was a likely trigger for Kelly’s diagnosis of anorexia nervosa?

4.Check off two reasons that led Kelly’s diagnosis of anorexia nervosa?

5.Why is it important that Kelly is being seen by an entire treatment team versus only a registered dietitian?