Unhealthy teenage eating habits

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Can anyone give me any tips on how to encourage my 15 year old daughter to eat more healthily without giving her a complex about food?

She has always had a sweet tooth and craves chocolate and if there is nothing sweet in the house will buy it on her way home from school. Sometimes her bin is full of chocolate and crisp wrappers.

I do my best to talk about it being best to enjoy those foods in moderation as part of a balanced diet etc and to have nice fruit in the house as well as biscuits etc.

I know i could limit her cash more but she needs some for emergencies and to buy her lunch at school.

She is beginning to put on weight and i am worried about the effect on her long-term health. I am biting my tongue about the weight as the last thing i want to do is make her feel bad about herself or give her a body complex or eating disorder.

i would say if you had the food in the house that shes buying e.g. crisps and chocolate then she wouldnt buy it on the way home, meaning you could at least keep track of what shes eating?!
maybe encourage her to go shopping with you, so she can pick up some bits she wants but also gives you a chance to be sly and say 'go and pick some fruit for the fruit bowl' maybe she will select what she wants therefore wants to eat?
maybe.. when i was that age i was addicted to crisps and still am we all have our vices!

Thanks Bubbless. I do sometimes have those in but tend to limit it because she will eat it all so quickly. Have tried hiding some if it so it lasts longer. But that is a good thought.

Thanks Maryz...that's a good tip. I will take a look at that.

Bubbless interesting that you do the opposite to me. I only buy what I think they should eat and leave them to spend their own money on junk. I do leave tasty fruits in bowls around and dd snacks on those too. Her bf is a chocoholic and has known to finish practically a whole jar of nutella in one sitting i have lost my rag couple of times when she found my secret stash of chocolates and ate them !!

I think addiction to junk food is definitely a teenage phase and they will outgrow it.