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I wanted to say goodbye to my anorexic body for ever
(Mirror 08/09/2009)
"It started with bulimia," recalls Mandy, 36, from New Malden, Surrey. "I started bingeing and, when I was 11, vomiting. When the weight came off I was praised. It gave me comfort I was controlling something." Within two years Mandy was hospitalised. She was already combining her bulimia with anorexia and obsessive exercise. She had even tried to overdose. "Mealtimes were very stressful with my family,%u201D she says. "I remember hiding food in the garden and feeding it to our dog.
I vowed not to eat until I was as thin as Victoria Beckham
(Mirror 06/08/2009)
For four years I starved myself to look like Victoria and my other idol Nicole Richie. Anorexia came to rule my life and messed me up so much I even tried to kill myself three times. But every time I felt my resolve weaken or the doctors tried to make me eat, I looked at my pictures of Nicole and Victoria and they always kept me going. I was determined to be as skinny as them. I'm not saying they are anorexic, and I'm sure they'd be appalled I was using their pictures for inspiration.
Mother wins money back in NHS row
(BBC 08/07/2009)
A mother who spent £31,000 on life-saving treatment for her daughter while NHS bodies argued over funding is to get her money back. The daughter, who lived in south Wales, developed depression and anorexia while staying with a friend in Devon. Ombudsmen found maladministration and service failure by NHS bodies in Wales and England against the unnamed women. They criticised Health Commission Wales (HCW), Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, and Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust.
Male anorexia
(BBC 12/05/2009)
A teenage man from Cornwall treated for an eating disorder has spoken out to tell other sufferers that there is "life beyond anorexia". Nineteen-year-old Chris Hardy said controlling what he ate had given him a sense of achievement. But when he realised he needed help, he sought treatment for seven months at the specialist Haldon Unit in Exeter. He said: "I hope men don't think they will show themselves up because they want help for this problem."
Scotland's first anorexia unit to open
(The Scotsman 05/05/2009)
PATIENTS suffering from severe eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia would be treated at Scotland's first dedicated unit under plans revealed yesterday. St John's Hospital in Howden, in Livingston, West Lothian, would house the specialist ward, where sufferers from across the country would receive treatment that is expected to be radically different from that provided in psychiatric units.
Eating disorders treatment plea
(BBC 13/03/2009)
A mother spent £18,000 to send her anorexic daughter for treatment in South Africa after she said there was a lack of help on the NHS in Wales. Janet Beach, from Tonyrefail, Rhondda Cynon Taf, paid for her daughter Emily, 21, who has had anorexia for six years to get help. Bethan Jenkins AM said it was "not acceptable" that people with eating disorders had to go abroad for help.
Anorexic girls admitted to hospital rise by 80 per cent in a decade
(Telegraph 17/02/2009)
The number of young girls admitted to hospital suffering from anorexia has risen by 80% in a decade, figures show. Over the last decade, the number of admissions among girls aged 16 and under jumped from 256 in 1996/97 to 462 in 2006/07. A breakdown by age showed that girls aged 15 were admitted 141 times to hospitals in England in 2006/07 - almost double the 75 admitted in 1996/97.
Anorexia: 'My wedding dress looked beautiful - and then it slipped right off'
(Telegraph 31/01/2009)
Following the death of a promising 18yearold student from anorexia Emily Halban gives a personal account of how the disease can strike girls like her who "had it all"
Blaming dad
(BBC 17/01/2009)
Despite the fact that one in 20 young women in the UK will develop an eating disorder, Christine found getting professional help for her daughter was far from easy. Emma had lost a significant amount of weight, she was living with a distorted body image and was expressing a fear of food - She was told that her body mass index was 0.5 above the level at which a doctor could make an NHS referral.
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