Your mother, your wieght the surprising connection by Donna Freydkin. Appears in the Feburary issue of Marie Clarie, pages 167-169. The article dissuse how your mother's issues about food can be learn or forced upon you and how to move on from your mother's food influence.

Lisa

This info is helpful as I do not want my daughter to grow up with the same eating habits I do that's why I need to change my life style and eating habits I need to do this now as my daughter is 2 and she thinks it's OK to have candy for breakfast.

I will have to pick Marie Claire up and read on this. Thanks again

Linda

I know I have issues that I don't want my daughter to have.
I want her to grow up using food as a means of nutrition, not comfort. We often talk about the nutritional values (I talk she listens). And I often try to involve her now when choosing what to cook, and why we make the choices we make.
We have come to an agreement, as long as she tries a little of everything on her plate ( I don't dish her up things she hates).
And I do the same I can't ask any more of her. Every now and then I will put on a veg she says she doesn't like to see if her taste buds have changed.
The thought of candy at breakfast isn't such a mad idea when we have chocolate croissants or pancakes and syrup.
Ellie

Chocolate crossants are loaded with fat and sugar. A better choice than syrup is fruit or applebutter.

Hello Berthamarie
Chocolate croissants are something my daughter may have a couple of times a week, I don't have pancakes but was referring to them and chocolate croissant as food choices that are available. ( pancakes are not a typical UK breakfast). sometimes the written word isn't alway read as intended. I thought how confusing this must be for a child, when you can say yes you can have chocolate on your croissant, no you can't have sweets.
Sorry for the confusion.
Ellie

My mom is really thin, and always gets on my case about my wieght. But I can't win, she mocks my trying to cut calories, makes fun of her overwieght coworkers, trys on my clothes and exclaims oh I would never wear something that tight (she is 3 inches shorter and about 15 pounds lighter), always tells me how I just wasn't meant to be really thin, but says things like "you're not concerned about your appearance like other girls).

Ever seen Monster's ball. That fat boy was me. I used to hide food, and she would find it and scream at me. I remember in grade 4,5,6ish ...what the hell, how can you weight as much as a xxyear old person...you must weigh more than xxx...etc
Always trying to get me to lose weight thru JR high and high school. ugghh sorry off topic, but yes, mothers certainly have effect on one's weight.
My dad on the other hand, huge guy, loves food esp sweets....off topic, trailing, but I have always had a hard time with my weight.
I'd like to see that article.