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Dietitians are urging adults to avoid discussing diet and exercise regimes in front of children, saying demonising food could be damaging to children's long-term mental health. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3oe2F8v Gold Coast paediatric dietitian Lyza Norton said she has seen increasing numbers of young children with concerns about eating, and children as young as 11 years of age presenting with full eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa. "What we're seeing is that kids are starting to restrict their own intake and perform what I would consider dieting behaviours at a lot younger age," she said. "I was getting phone calls from primary school teachers of prep concerned about their kids talking about fat clubs and skinny clubs and weight. That's a worry." ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on Twitter:   / abcnews   #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia