All that distance doesn't mean that you're helpless against eating disorders as parents. Jim Jurica / iStockphoto.com

Okay, parents. You have a strong-willed high school graduate who is bent on winging her way across the country to her college of choice. Problem: She has an eating disorder. What do you do when she's away?

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