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‘I’m a man with bulimia. Yes, we exist’


by Michelle Heffernan
08.09.21
“The only thing I remember about eating disorders growing up was girls in advertisements with bones sticking out, or Victoria Beckham being labelled as anorexic, but there was no male representation so I never really knew men could get it.” David is 24, broad-shouldered, and “built like a rugby player” as he says himself. He still struggles to admit that he is in recovery from an eating disorder. “My worst year was when I was...

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