Anorexia

Some kids as young as primary school age are struggling with eating disorders. Two Kiwi mothers who have been there themselves are on a mission to raise body confident young people.

Of all the mental disorders, anorexia has the highest mortality rate. Here, one mother talks anonymously about how she helped her daughter overcome this soul-destroying illness.

“I never realised I was such an ugly, fat creature so I needed to change my body to be accepted.”

Researchers have made explosive claims that the illness is actually a bacterial infection.

Patty Huntington traces the origins of the ‘Paris thin’ ideal in the fashion industry on this side of the world.