My daughter – about to turn 18 – has put on a lot of weight in the last two years. We have tried to talk to her about it, but she gets understandably defensive, and accuses us of fat-shaming her, which is the last thing we are doing. She is in a long term relationship, and he adores her, so she doesn’t think that there is a problem.
I am very concerned about her medium-to-long-term health, especially as she is probably going to start university and be away from the family very soon, so whatever control we have over her eating (and it’s not a lot) will be lost. Is there any approach that we can take to encourage her to take control over her weight? She is a very fussy eater, too, which doesn’t help with changes in diet.
