Friday 23 March 2007

Anorexia kills Catford Resident

CATFORD resident, Dawn Christopher died from serve anorexia, after being called 'fat' at school 30 years ago. She was taken to hospital where it was found that she had a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 11.

Her mother, Jean Christopher spoke about her daughter, "conquering her demons", after succeeding to beat anorexia, but the eating disorder later returned.
Jean Christopher also mentioned that her daughter was called fat by a girl at school when she was aged 12 or 13.

Anorexia or Anorexia nervosais an eating disorder in which person chooses deliberately not to eat, so they can loose weight. It is said that at least 1 on 200 people suffer from Anorexia

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