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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Around 9-10, my mother told me I looked pregnant.  She would make me do sit ups after dinner and began weighing me semi regularly.  And a relative that would call me “chubs” Needless to say this was terrible for my self esteem and caused food/body issues that stayed with me into adulthood.

It is so much healthier to have a child/teen with some extra pounds that loves themselves than to have a thin child with an eating disorder.

Some great advice already given about lifestyle changes you can make, but say NOTHING about her body shape/size unless it is positive.  And for the love of God, do not let relatives give her terrible nicknames. [/quote]

I have a relative that to this day dislikes her mother and family because she was put on a diet and watched like a hawk during a normal pre growth plump up.

It's best to make overall to make lifestyle changes for the whole family and not say much about it. Children will remember what you teach them. [/quote]

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