Rapid weight loss in this teenager means abandoning the softly-softly approach

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Rapid weight loss in this teenager means abandoning the softly-softly approach

Jonathan Bentley

Wednesday 6 June 2018, 08:56 AM

Phoebe had spent time on eating-disorder websites cult-like in their praise of a lifestyle of hard training and no food

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