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WA coroner urges law changes after teen Muay Thai fighter Jessica Jackson died from dehydration diet – PerthNow
A WA coroner says cultural and legal changes are needed after the death of an amateur Muay Thai fighter who collapsed after trying a dehydrating weight-loss strategy.
A WA coroner says cultural and legal changes are needed after the death of an amateur Muay Thai fight who collapsed after trying a dehydrating weight-loss strategy.
Jessica Jackson, who her family refers to as Jessica Lindsay, needed to lose weight for a competition, so she began a six-day process of water loading, which involves drinking a significant amount of water then tapering down to none to dehydrate.
On the day of her weigh-in in November 2017, Ms Lindsay did not drink any water and sp…
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