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'I could be sitting here today with a husband and child': Emmerdale star Gemma Oaten reveals she was hospitalised 21 times from the age of 12 to 19 during life-changing anorexia battle


The former Emmerdale star, 39, suffered with anorexia for 13 years and previously revealed she ended up in a psychiatric unit when she was just 11-years-old.

The former Emmerdale star, 39, who played Rachel Breckle from 2011 to 2015, suffered with anorexia for 13 years and previously revealed she ended up in a psychiatric unit when she was just 11-years-old Behavioural signs of anorexia include people saying they have already eaten or will do later, as well as counting calories, missing meals, hiding food and eating slowly. The voluntary organisation - run by a group of ordinary people with firsthand experience of eating disorders - was formed in September 2000 and became a registered charity in 2004.

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