What is recommended number of calories for females

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Assigment: 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.

Question 1: What is the recommended number of calories for 12-year old females?

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

Question 3: What was a likely trigger for Kelly's diagnosis of anorexia nervosa?

Question 4: Check off two reasons that led Kelly's diagnosis of anorexia nervosa?

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

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