Haha. I did attempt to give him an eating disorder once...and actually did manage to give him a past with one in another fic. Yeah, I am going to a very special hell. Wanna join me? It's fun to give Alex issues with food.

Which really, could be totally believable since we know his mom used to forget to buy food. Could say that he would give his to his siblings and forgot about himself a lot. *pushes ideas towards you*