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Friday, June 8, 2012

More Midlife Women Facing Eating Disorders

Judith Shaw, a 50-something training to be a yoga instructor, was praised by friends and relatives for her amazing sinewy figure. But when she fell and broke her pubic bone, she had to reveal a dark secret, she told ABCNews: She had an eating disorder.

Studies have shown the majority of those affected by an eating disorder are young women, but the number of midlife women facing the same struggle is on the rise.

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