Eating disorders: ‘My BMI wasn’t low enough to get help’
Using the Body Mass Index to measure health inspires stigma and should be scrapped, MPs say. Source link
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‘I was told my BMI wasn’t low enough to get help’
Victoria Spence, an influencer and life coach from Manchester, told the BBC she fell into a “deep, dark hole” about her body image as a teenager, leading to her developing an eating disorder. But when her parents tried to seek help, her doctor told her that her Body Mass Index (BMI) wasn’t low enough for … Read more
‘I told my kids I wasn’t going to make it’
Taxi driver Ali Sakallioglu spent 222 days in hospital with Covid, including three months in a coma. Source link
Covid nurse: ‘I thought I wasn’t going to make it’
Devi Nurjandoa survived Covid but is now having to adjust to a new way of life. Source link
IPL 2020: MS Dhoni wasn’t rattled, only called out the batsman’s movement towards the ball, says Sunil Gavaskar
In their 8th fixture of the ongoing IPL 2020, Chennai Super Kings emerged victorious by a margin of 20 runs against David Warner’s Sunrisers Hyderabad, who were restricted at 147/ in chasing a target of 168. But an incident that had happened 11 balls earlier, with 24 runs required by Hyderabad, had caught eyes of … Read more
‘He wasn’t with me when we got the bad news’
A couple who experienced miscarriage during the UK’s coronavirus lockdown have said they want to see “clearer communication” on hospital visiting restrictions during the pandemic. Catriona Amberton, 32, had been expecting identical twins but her husband James Young, 33, was unable to be with her when a scan revealed one of the babies had died, … Read more