`On this week’s Dear DST, a listener writes in to ask how to handle going home from college for the upcoming holidays after losing weight. What’s the best way to respond if her family makes unwanted comments about her weight loss? Plus, they give advice regarding her concerns that being back at home (and returning to that all-too-familiar environment) will cause her to gain the weight back, because who hasn’t.

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