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  I'm not a mother but I am an 'agony aunt' and have had an eating disorder. Whilst I appreciate the need to teach our children about healthy eating I am wary about a diet book aimed at such young people and in the blurb it almost seems like its saying stop eating and you too can be transformed into a beautiful slim young girl and everything will be ok. Wrong, wrong, wrong a thousand times wrong. Sadly our celebrity culture does little to help when did Victoria Beckham or Cheryl Cole last eat a decent meal? Madonna apparently spends 18 hours a day exercising.......I have spoken to 8 year old girls who have informed me they are on a diet because they are fat. They are growing children who need their nutrients but feel they have to conform to the image of being super slim because they are bullied or feel the pressure to look the same as their mates.
  
  I too fell into the trap of having a bad relationship with food from a relatively young age; I still do to a certain extent because if I reach the magic number on the scales I stop eating. I never make myself sick though. If I have too much chocolate or have an extra dessert I often feel guilty but I am a lot better than I used to be. It still rears it's ugly head from time to time though and alas I think it always will.
  
  Wow, that's the first time I have admitted this in 'public'.

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