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I was an overweight child and as an adult it is still a daily struggle to keep my weight in a healthy range, but I know it's something I will have to be conscious of all my life. I was raised in a family where eating heartily was seen as a sign of virtue and pride, so while it's easy for me to eliminate fast food and other processed foods from my life I still find it difficult not to over eat on foods that are considered healthy. Now that I have two young children I want to be very careful to raise them to listen to their bodies and stop eating when they are no longer hungry. They're both currently at an age where they haven't learned to over eat yet, but when this comes up in a few years I will be actively watching for over eating behaviors and stop them before they become habits. Then I will work on convincing my parents to do the same thing.

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