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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Sanchez Manning

Voices: I was brought up in a ‘clear-your-plate’ household… and it never did me any good

Picture the scene: a small girl sitting at a large dining table staring dolefully at a sorry-looking pile of cold carrots and wondering how she might secretly dispose of them.

That child was me. I still vividly recall the misery of sitting there, for hours sometimes, because my parents were adamant I eat all the food I had been given – even if it made me feel nauseous.

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