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Parent Resources
Parent Resources manual
When to Seek Professional Help
Red flags that indicate your athlete needs a dietitian or medical provider.
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Early referral protects the athlete faster than waiting for obvious collapse.
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Which current sign would be enough for you to stop guessing and start referring?
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When to Seek Professional Help
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Parent + Coach
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Early referral protects the athlete faster than waiting for obvious collapse.
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Which current sign would be enough for you to stop guessing and start referring?
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Call sooner when patterns start clustering
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Red flags that indicate your athlete needs a dietitian or medical provider.
Performance clues
The early signs often look like normal athlete struggles
- Fatigue, repeated flat sessions, slow recovery, and frequent illness matter.
- Stress injuries or sudden performance drop matter even more.
Food behavior
Escalate when food fear or rigid control shows up
- Skipping meals, cutting whole food groups, or panic around eating is enough to act.
- Obsessive weighing or body checking raises concern quickly.
Conversation move
Use concern language, not accusation language
- Lead with what you are seeing in energy, mood, injuries, and eating.
- Offer help early instead of demanding a confession.
Call sooner when patterns start clustering
One rough workout does not mean much.
One rough workout does not mean much. A cluster does.
Take it seriously when you are seeing more than one of these at the same time:
- unusual fatigue that is not improving
- repeated injuries or bone-stress issues
- missed periods or major cycle changes
Implementation
What helps home feel easier
Parents need repeatable defaults more than a perfect plan.
What makes home harder
- Long nutrition lectures with too many rules
- No visible defaults for breakfast, snacks, or bottles
- Reacting after the athlete is already hungry or frustrated
What helps
- One short family script
- One repeatable breakfast, snack, and bottle routine
- Preparation the night before practice or school
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Which current sign would be enough for you to stop guessing and start referring?
Source topics
professional help • dietitian • doctor • red flags