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Having eating disorder clinics available could be the difference between life and death for Shania – ABC News
Shania Nicholls should be hanging out with friends and preparing for university, but an eating disorder is robbing her of a normal teenage life — and to compoun…
Shania Nicholls should be in her final year of high school, getting ready for university and spending all her spare time with friends, playing sport or at the beach.
Key points:
- Shania lives with cardiac conditions as well as anorexia nervosa
- She is still waiting for a promised treatment facility in her area
- There are few services for older teens with eating disorders in WA
But the articulate and intelligent teenager laments the fact an eating disorder has st…
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