How Being Polite Can Hurt Your Health

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I advise clients to come up with responses that address the real issue.
When my mother in law would offer more than I wanted, I would say I already ate or I had a late lunch. Then I would tell her how delicious everything was and asked for some to take home. She needed to be validated. I just didn't need to do it by overeating.

Bonnie Modugno, MS, RD of CA 11:49AM April 24, 2012

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