My friends anemic and wants to be a vegeterian?

How can I help her out. Her moms bf doesnt eat vegetables and they dont eat any. She would like to but she cant and until she can move out(4 yrs til college) shes gonna have to live like this. She doesnt eat cow though so thats a start. Advice please?

If her parent/s are not providing a proper diet - and she now has a medical condition (anemic) because of not being provided the proper food needed - her parents could actually be JAILED in Texas - as well as a number of other states - can't even think of one that wouldn't - but to be on the safe side will say that maybe one of them wouldn't.

Such is considered to be child abuse - not seeing to the needs of a minor in their responsibility - in any state that I can think of.

If it really is this bad - someone needs to contact the authorities.

hmm even though im a vegeterian and i would love another person to become one. I don't think it's very healthy if she's anemic, but tell her she can easily do it as long as she takes iron pills.

Does your friend have the ability to buy some vegetables for herself? If it's a problem of money, she could get a babysitting job or something similar and pay for them.
Does she ever get the chance to go grocery shopping with her mom and maybe she could throw some veggies in the cart. I don't know why you bring up that she is anemic, there are plenty of people who are vegetarians and can get their iron from other sources besides meat so that shouldn't be a problem. There are always iron supplements or prenatal pills.

The most obvious answer would be to ask her mom to buy her vegetarian food. If she is anemic, it's risky if she doesn't eat, so her mom should be willing. Why does everyone in the house have to eat the same thing?

Eran B is right.
Doesn't matter who is your boy Friend or husband or Father or mother, if you are vegetarian no one can change you. I am also vegetarian and I am living in USA all my friends are American and I think 70% of them are Vegiterians,
Here you can go any restaurant or any grosery store you will find Vegi stuff, even Burger K and Mc don also have vegi burger.There are many books about vegiterian foog.
I can write 2 hours about vegiterian food but I thinking you can understand what I am trying to say.

Well she needs to get her family into eating vegetables! That's simply unhealthy, and she could be a great agent for change. If she cannot change it, she can always go vegetarian and take an iron supplement. A nutritionist would be a very helpful person for her to see, and she probably shouldn't adjust her diet too much without the guidance of a medical professional. Most vegetarians and vegans, when they eat right (plenty of fresh vegetables & fruits, leafy greens and fortified soy milk for iron) they have no problems with iron, protein, or any of those other myths likely created by the meat and dairy counsels!

Consumption of food rich in iron is essential to prevention of iron deficiency anemia.

Certain foods have been found to interfere with iron absorption in the gastrointestinal tract, and these foods should be avoided in persons with established iron deficiency. They include tea, coffee, wheat bran, rhubarb, chocolate, chewing gum, red wine, and dairy products.

I was anemic before I became a vegetarian. (And I am a vegan now =)) What advice do you need? If she is on medication tell her to continue. Wat type of anemia does she have? People seem to associate anemia with vegetarianism but a lot of animal eaters are anemic (I was, and your friend too). Just give her information on vegetarianism and vegetarian nutrition:
http://www.vegsoc.org/health/
http://www.vegsource.com/nutrition/pyram...
http://veganpeace.blogspot.com/
http://www.vegan.org/
http://www.veganoutreach.org/
http://www.goveg.com/
http://www.tryveg.com/cfi/toc/
http://www.vegansociety.com/html/

Vegetables aren't all that is in a vegetarian diet, like said in the above links, she needs to make sure she gets her all off her nutrients. If she can buy vegetarian food or if her mother cares for her and can buy vegetarian food, it really should not be that hard. Just avoid all meat, meat is actually bad for our bodies anyway, limit intake of dairy, there are plenty of dairy substitutes. And since dairy is also bad for your health and can make your anemia worse, it is best to avoid.