Averil Hart, 19, (pictured) started her first term at the University of East Anglia in September 2012 The death of a teenage university student with anorexia could have been avoided and was contributed to by neglect, an inquest has concluded. Averil Hart, 19, who was a black belt in karate and academically gifted, started her … Read more
A student whose anorexia was so bad she would smuggle stones in her trousers to hide her dramatic weight loss from doctors claims exercise ‘saved her life’. Talia Bentley, now 23, from Lancaster, was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa aged 16 and spent four years restricting her calorie intake to as little as 500 a day … Read more
I was an anorexic who wanted to be four stone, says City supermum Dame Helena Morrissey with nine children Dame Helena Morrissey was interviewed for this week’s Desert Island Discs The ‘superwoman’ is one of only a few women to head an investment bank She said she struggled with anorexia as a teenager despite a … Read more