I have just moved to England with my two daughters - Eliana is 14 and Anita is 8. Eliana is size 6 or 8 (UK dress size), 165 cm and 51kg. This is a lot smaller than most girls in her class but it looks good and healthy. I know that a lot of her friends are size 10 or 12 even though my daughter is one of the tallest in her class!!! I talked to my daughter about this and she said that many girls can have two platefuls of main course at lunchtime and then eat desert (3 plates of food in total for a young girl of 14!!) When Anita goes to friends houses mothers of her friends often try to ensure that the girls finish all their food even when they are no longer hungry!!! She says that this happens a lot on her friends' families!!! Why? Why do British women do this to their daughters? Do they not realise how unattractive it looks for a 14 or even 18 year old girl to eat so much and weigh so much? I know that one of Eliana's friends weighs 60 and her mum still makes her eat!
Why do British mothers make their daughters eat so much?
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