My mum has just turned 50 and I am worried that she's not going to even make it to see her grandchildren grow up. From as far back as I can remember she has only eaten chips/mashed potato/beans or mushy peas for her dinner every single day. She also drinks copious amounts of tea and biscuits and fizzy pop/crisps/sweets/white bread. She does not eat any meat and no cheese or eggs (unless in cake). She eats carrots once a week on a Sunday. Whenever we go out to a restaurant or to celebrate she sits there with just a bowl of chips every time and I just feel sad. I have noticed her health visibly declining, her skin is awful with sores, her hair is so thin it's falling out, she has lost a couple of front teeth. I met up with an old friend the other day and she said she had saw my mum on the bus recently and had to look twice as she didn't even recognise her. I wanted to cry. Me and my sister were measuring our waist and back sizes the other day when she visited and I asked her if she wanted me to do hers and she has a 39 inch waist which puts her health massively risk. I have tried to talk to her about it before although I know it's not really any of my business and she just gets really upset or defensive, such as 'well I just won't eat anything then' or ' didn't you eat takeaway/Nando's the other day? so why are you picking on me?'. I veer between being worried and frustrated and I fear she is killing herself and she just can't see it 🙁