[jiggi]

I recently found out my little cousin isn't eating. She's 14, and her mum is very overweight. Through her whole life, her mum has been obsessed with diets and calorie counting, and we think that might be the reason.

She hasn't said anything about it, and her mum is scared to ask her about it. She'll eat a little with encouragement, but not much, and not often.
My aunt first realised when her school contacted her saying the money she had paid for the term of school dinners hadn't been used for a few months, so we don't know how long its gone on for, but she's very thin.

I wanted to know what's the best way of dealing with this? I'll be seeing her next weekend, and she used to always look up to me, and wanted to be like me, so I was hoping maybe I might be able to use that to help her.

But should we ask her about it? Warn her of the risks? Or just continue trying to encourage her to eat?

Any advice would be very helpful.