I didn't eat much breakfast or lunch for much of high school. I'd have a poptart for breakfast. My mom would give me enough money for lunch. I would buy a peanut butter bar and a chocolate shake and save the rest for shopping. It sounds awful, but it's true. I don't think there was anything my parents could have done to change it. I think you've got to focus on making the meal they do eat nutritious and something they will eat.

It's really hard for parents to push their child to eat healthy and at proper time. Teens who are negligent in their diet, and their eating habit is not good as according to the day to day need & requirement, they tend to perform not well in academics, extra-curricular and more likely to get some sort of health related problem. So as a parents your foremost duty in this condition is to analyze this problem and make proper and effective planning so that your children get to eating healthy food full of nutrients values and at proper time. For modern-day parents teaching and role-modeling healthy eating habits to their teens, is becoming increasingly difficult, a precarious balance-act, always on the look-out for the quick-and –best way, more information/hints to help ensure teens get a nutritious meal amidst and despite busy lives, packed calendar and fast-paced schedules – eat well, enough, not too much of the right and healthy foods. Recent research shows that nourishing food not only makes a child healthier, it makes him emotionally more stable, and it improves school performance. It is worth the extra effort to spend some time discussing nutrition, meal and food choices, snacking habits, healthy eating and an active lifestyle with your teens.
Source : Teens and Healthy Eating

Skipping meals are normal to teens because they much prefer to eat outside. And they don't want to eat breakfast because usually they are late going to school. But we all know that it is bad for our health.

Eating disorders are complex psychological problems that can leads to depression and low self-esteem. So, I am very consern to my son who is 12 years old and has a large quantity of eating habit. Kindly tell me about the disease associated with Eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia. Do also tell me when to seek help for eating disorder?