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When it comes to issues of weight, most women are likely to get anxious when told that they have put on weight. For these women, the thought of looking big is simply unpleasant. Not Moon Sangmor, presenter of cookery show Onga Food Tour on TV3. She was bold to tell Showbiz the other day: �I have a healthy appetite. I say that without shame �I appreciate good food and my taste buds scream when good food drops on them�. Talking about the weight challenges that most women are confronted with, the charming and full-figured presenter disclosed that there was nothing absolutely wrong with being full-figured but added that one had to remain healthy. �By all means if you�re not in that healthy weight limit and if your weight is not proportionate to or with your height then there�s trouble�you have to do something about it. �I don�t see anything wrong with being a plus size but one has to stay healthy and that�s why we need to eat the right food at the right time. I love myself but I do try to be healthy�, she said. Although the watch word was to eat the right thing at the right time, Moon admitted this wasn�t always easy. �I have this crazy crave for pastries, and I know it�s bad but I try to stay healthy. I don�t think women should allow someone sitting somewhere to decide what size is beautiful and what�s not. If it�s a matter of health do something about it, but you can be plus size and look nice in your clothes�you can be full-figured and still be sexy and rock whatever you wear�, she explained. Moon, the one time presenter of Sunrise morning show on TV3 cut a fine figure in the black dress she wore when I met her for this interview. She disclosed that she has been learning a lot through the Onga Food Tour, a programme that takes her around the country to reveal the many traditional Ghanaian cuisine that exist. Her travels around the country also exposes her to the rich cultures. As one who had tasted many different Ghanaian dishes, the Onga Food Tour presenter believes that, above all things, good food must be healthy. �Good food must have the right proportions of protein, veggies and vitamins etcetera, but again it�s very relative what good food is because our taste buds are very different. For some meals you need an acquired taste and for others you�re born into it. For me, good food is anything that will make me want to go a second round�, she disclosed.