DD 11 has always loved her food - all the healthy food as well as the definitely not so. She's never been slim but not fat either. But right now she just wants to eat and eat and eat and I can see she's putting on too much weight. She's moaning about having big thighs but can't seem to curb her desire for food. Of course I set limits within the house, she's allowed to help herself to as much fruit as she wants but she always asks before helping herself to anything else. So it's now quite a battle of wills as she constantly asks and it seems I'm forever saying no, she then gets stroppy and we argue. She's always asking when is it next meal time, can we have chips/coke/chocolate/crisps, when she wants to play out its actually code for going to the shop and buying sweets. I want her to grow up with a healthy body image and I'm not sure what to do for the best.
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