"just thought it worth mentioning how far into childhood these attitudes can go. if we can make kids think about themselves being fat then surely their attitudes to other things start then?"

What do you think a little girl thinks of, jeddy, when she sees her mum drunk? What do you think she thinks of when she sees her mum dressed in a skirt that goes up to 'there' and a top that goes down to there?   What do you think a little girl dreams of being? Who do you think she wants to be like?

And if mum brings home every Tom, Dick and Harry, and plays Dick-ensian games with them, and she hears all that goes on....what do you think she'll want to be doing as soon as she is able?


Just another point of view....