Like Mother, Like Daughter

Debra Waterhouse explains how the majority of women's attitudes to their bodies and food mirror their own mothers'. The destructive cycle of dieting, eating disorders and low self-esteem is then passed down through generations of women. How to break free? Waterhouse believes that learning to accept certain genetic inherited features shouldn't mean you have to follow your mother's attitudes to food or her behaviour. Learning to trust your own body and its instincts is the key to eating healthily.