I used to think that having an eating disorder or dietary condition sort of depended on where people lived or originated from, because it would sound strange to say (probably as a teenager) that your parents were Italian, but your diet was free of pizza and pasta, or any other food associated with a certain culture!
A childhood belief about eating

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that my dogs diet was clothes, because that was all I ever saw him eating— kay
- When asked why he didn't finish eating the crust from his pizza, a young friend said "I don't eat the bone".— Dustin
- I thought if food said it was fat free it meant you could eat as much as you want without getting fat!— Brainhead
- I used to believe that if you ate the little seeds on pizza that pizza would grow out of your ears— chana
- I used to believe that Spanish and Italian were the same language;Spanish was for boys and Italian for girlsAnon
- When I first heard Matt Monro's song "Born Free," I thought he was singing "Porn Free."Anon