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When you leave home, it's more than likely that this will be the first time you've had to cook for yourself.

Unless you want to live on a diet of baked beans, you'd better learn some cooking skills, fast.

Eating well after leaving home

Young people talk about how their diet changed when they left home, while dietitian Azmina Govindji gives advice on eating healthily when you start cooking for yourself.

Last reviewed: 07/03/2012

Next review due: 07/03/2014

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