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Apr 2023
38m 42s

How I broke free from anorexia

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Just after her 14th birthday, Hadley Freeman became achingly aware of her body – specifically, just how ‘normal’ it was compared to a thin classmate. Just four months later, she was hospitalised with anorexia. Her latest book, Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia, tells the story of her many hospitalisations as a teenager, and her recovery.

If you've been affected by issues in this podcast, you can find support at www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk where you can also find the number for one of their national helplines.

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Guest: Hadley Freeman, Columnist and Features Writer, The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana. 

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