I BLAME MYSELF FOR MY DAUGHTER’S ANOREXIA
WENDY Randall, 16, from Kent is now training to be a bodybuilder after recovering from anorexia. After being overfed by her mum Maria, 52, Wendy became morbidly obese – weighing in at 12 ½ stone and a size 18 by the time she was 11. When her mum tried to help by hiring her a personal trainer, the consequences were disastrous and Wendy ultimately became anorexic.
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