Melanie W. was 16 when she became anorexic. Now she’s 21 and has completely recovered. As a form of therapy she wrote and illustrated a book entitled, “How I experienced anorexia”.
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Raffaella Rossello
She told swissinfo.ch that accepting help was what saved her life. She’s now a student in one of Switzerland’s most prestigious art colleges, learning how to illustrate fiction.(Raffaella Rossello, swissinfo.ch)
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Treating eating disorders in Switzerland
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Described variously as addictions and diseases, eating disorders afflict 3.5 per cent of the Swiss population at some point in their lives, with 1.1 per cent currently suffering from a disorder, according to a 2012 survey of 10,038 people aged 15 to 60 in Switzerland. The study, conducted by researchers from Zurich University and commissioned by…
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