Food and body image in the series

[dudemom_2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 68461

 
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> Cressida Replies: There is a current trend for worrying over food 
> content. Obsessing over food and quantity and personal appearance 
is 
> what is most damaging to children rather than what they eat. 
Although 
> there are always exceptions to every rule, the average child eats 
> what he requires when he is hungry and then simply burns off the 
> excess calories.
> 
> 
> Also, when Fleur complains about
> > the heavy Hogwarts food, she is dismissed as being vain and 
shallow.
> > 
> > Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?  I'd be interested 
to 
> know
> > if this is something that bothers others too.  
> 
> Cressida replies: I think there is far more to the perception of 
> Fleur being vain and shallow than her reaction to the Hogwarts 
food.

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I think Fleur is less open minded in the beginning of her stay at 
Hogwarts. She seems uncomfortable right from the beginning - she 
doesn't like the weather, she thinks her school is nicer etc.. 
Sometimes people on their first real trip abroad be unhappy because 
things aren't familiar and the food is strange. It's frightening to 
them. I think most people would assume she's vain and shallow when 
she is probably unsure and uncomfortable in her new surroundings. 
She evidently got over it because she certainly came back to work 
with Bill!!!

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Dudemom_2000