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Three years on from the first national lockdown, one mother recounts the destructive impact it had on her 13-year-old’s mental health

I came of age in a house of fat-free cookies, Weight Watchers meetings and Denise Austins eight-minute abs. There was plenty of pasta and ice cream but also a focus on being skinny. In the decades since, Ive counted points, intermittently fasted and completed fitness challenges to make my body smaller.

Body image can be fraught for many parents. That doesn’t have to affect your kids.