Obesity prevalence remains high in the United States, affectingmore than 17% of children and teenagers and 30% of a dults (1),and rates of severe obesity continue to increase (2). About half ofadolescents with overweight or obesity are actively trying to loseweight (3). Some adolescents practice unhealthy behaviors in anattempt to lose weight, such as: severely restricting their diet;using a food substitute; skipping meals; using laxatives, diuretics,or diet pills; or inducing vomiting (4). In a recent population-basedsample, about one-quarter of adolescent girls with obesity werefound to be practicing extreme weight control behaviors like i nduc-ing vomiting or taking laxatives or diet pills (5). In addition tobeing unsafe, these strategies are typically inef fective for weightloss. A dolescents with unhealthy w eight control behaviors havegreater increases in body mass index (BMI) compared to adoles-cents of the same weight without unhealthy weight control behav-iors (6). Adolescents a re more likely to attempt weight loss thanyounger children, likely due to their increased exposure to obesitymessages, and girls are more likely t han boys to attempt w eightloss (7).The risks of eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors (bothbinge eating and restrictive eating behaviors) are higher in adoles-cents with a history of obesity. Adolescents with overweight andobesity are more likely to demonstrate disordered eating behaviorsthan their normal-weight peers (8). “Dieting” in children and adoles-cents is considered an unhealthy means of losing weight, as there isa clear relationship between severe dietary restriction and eating dis-orders (6,9). One study demonstrated that more than a third ofpatients had overweight or obesity at the time of their presentationfor treatment to a specialty eating disorder clinic (10). Regardless ofweight when diagnosed with an eating disorder, adolescents whohave overweight or obesity and develop disordered eating behaviorshave more medical complications related to their weight loss com-pared to adolescents who were initially at a healthy weigh