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[quote=Anonymous]Growing up my parents talked about healthy eating, healthy body weight, healthy fit bodies, physical activity, health and nutrition all the time and none of us had any body issues. It was just part of being healthy like brushing your teeth, good hygiene, etc. If you just work it into everyday conversations throughout life, then it isn't an all of a sudden out of the blue conversation that feels personal.

Mental health and hormones can play a role in weight gain but they are irrelevant in terms of what you actually weigh and whether or not you are overweight and regardless of contributing factors, you still have to address being unhealthy.

It sounds OP like you are in protective mode rather than solution mode and still in a but of denial. She needs to know she isn't healthy and the doctor is concerned. Same if she was depressed. then she wouldn't be mentally healthy, now she isn't physically healthy. Then put together a plan with her about nutrition and activity that will help both her physical and mental health. [/quote]

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