{"id":29160,"date":"2026-08-06T00:29:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29160"},"modified":"2026-08-06T00:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:29:23","slug":"how-to-tell-someone-youre-worried-about-their-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29160","title":{"rendered":"How to Tell Someone You\u2019re Worried About Their Weight Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-content\">\n<p><h2 id=\"what-to-say-to-someone-you-re-worried-about\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 font-editorial text-black-coffee text-mobile-h2 lg:scroll-mt-28 lg:text-h2 mb-4\"><strong>What to say to someone you&#8217;re worried about<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Once you\u2019ve decided to speak up, your first instinct might be to name the most obvious thing: the weight loss. Try not to. Vanessa Scaringi, a psychologist and eating disorder specialist in Cincinnati, says clinicians often steer families toward talking about behaviors instead: the skipped book club, the lunch that keeps coming home uneaten, the friend who\u2019s stopped showing up anywhere food might be served. \u201cBehaviors are safer,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">That\u2019s partly because a comment about someone\u2019s body rarely lands as intended. \u201cIt could shut someone down,\u201d Scaringi says. Worse, it might register as praise. \u201cSometimes it actually feeds the eating disorder, where it&#8217;s like, \u2018Oh, mission accomplished.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">But avoiding comments about weight doesn\u2019t mean being so vague that the person has no idea what you\u2019re talking about. Point to something specific and observable, Scaringi suggests: \u201cYou haven\u2019t come to anything involving food in two months\u201d or \u201cYou seem much more rigid about eating than you used to be.\u201d Emma recommends leading with curiosity rather than a conclusion: \u201cI\u2019ve noticed some changes, and I\u2019m wondering how you\u2019re doing,\u201d as opposed to \u201cI think you have an eating disorder.\u201d The first opens a conversation, while the second can feel like an accusation or diagnosis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to say to someone you&#8217;re worried about Once you\u2019ve decided to speak up, your first instinct might be to name the most obvious thing: the weight loss. Try not to. 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