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Vanessa Feltz says her battle with weight started after she was put on a strict diet aged nine and was forced to take black market amphetamines to 'slim down'


In her new memoir Vanessa Bares All, the TV personality delves deep into her childhood trauma and explains what led to her yo-yo dieting.

In The Mirror's exclusive look at the memoir, Vanessa says she was deprived of food and often went hungry because her mother didn't want her to put on an inch of weight. In her new memoir Vanessa Bares All, the TV personality delves deep into her childhood trauma and explains what led to her yo-yo dieting (pictured in 1995) Vanessa insists a lot her overeating was due to her mental state, adding that once she'd had her surgical procedures she was comparable to late footballer George Best who continued to drink alcohol despite having had a liver transplant.

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