Thursday, April 19, 2012

#Lancashire #Padiham: Charlotte Seddon - Head girl, 17, died weighing just six stone after trying to hide four-year battle with anorexia from her parents



Struggle: Schoolgirl Charlotte Seddon, who struggled with anorexia for four years, pictured in 2011
Struggle: Schoolgirl Charlotte Seddon, who struggled with anorexia for four years, pictured in 2011
A former head girl died aged 17 after struggling with anorexia for four years.
Charlotte Seddon, who was described as ‘intelligent, self-assured and popular’, tried to hide the effects of the illness from her parents.
She only revealed her true  feelings in her journals, which were discovered after her death, an inquest heard.
Charlotte wrote how she felt trapped in a cycle of losing weight, exercise, calorie counting, bouts of depression and purging herself.
The teenager would refuse to have dinner with her family, claiming she had already eaten, but then would go without food.
Despite her illness, Charlotte, who had a twin sister, Abby, won many awards at school, including student of the year after achieving the best GCSE results of her peers at Shuttleworth College in Padiham, Lancashire.
In her final year at school she was also head girl, and was nominated for the Young Burnley Achiever Award for her voluntary work.
When she died last November, Charlotte weighed only six stone and had a seriously weakened heart, the inquest heard.
Battle: Charlotte weighed just six stone when she died last November
Battle: Charlotte weighed just six stone when she died last November
She had been discharged from  an inpatient clinic only a few  days before.

Her family, who live in Padiham, have urged other parents to keep an eye out for signs of the condition in their own children, such as avoiding eating and disappearing after meals.
Charlotte’s mother, Corinne, 48, said: ‘They are very good at hiding it. At the start you just go along with it because you don’t want to upset them.’
Healthier: Charlotte at a more healthy weight collecting an award in Burnley in 2010
Healthier: Charlotte at a more healthy weight collecting an award in Burnley in 2010
Her father Stephen, also 48, said his daughter was highly intelligent and wanted to go to university and become an art therapist.
Mr Seddon added: ‘It’s a tragic  loss for us, it was very sudden and such a shock. We have learned about her condition from what she left for us to read.’
Her brother Daniel, 23, told the hearing: ‘The condition she had  meant that she believed herself to be in control and she would give out those messages to her family.’
The coroner’s court in Burnley heard Charlotte developed self-esteem and eating behaviour problems at 12, and was treated as an outpatient at a specialist unit. Last June she became so poorly that she agreed to be admitted as an inpatient at The Priory in Altrincham, Cheshire. She was discharged in November, but a few days afterwards was found dead at her home.
Post-mortem tests revealed Charlotte’s heart weighed only 190g (7oz), and the muscles round it had been weakened by a lack of nutrients. A normal heart weighs around 320g (11oz).
Recording a narrative verdict, coroner Richard Taylor said: ‘Charlotte’s family have painted a picture of an intelligent, self-assured young lady who was overcome by a terrible illness.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2131420/Head-girl-17-died-anorexia-trying-hide-year-battle-illness-parents.html

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Kseniya Bubenko : Ask Her How To Lose Some Weight !




Twenty-year old Kseniya Bubenko of Yekaterinburg named her diet “Pobeda” which stands for “victory”. Bubenko appeared on a popular talk-show which won her popularity she is now a celebrity , whats left of her that is.


http://englishrussia.com/2012/03/01/ask-her-how-to-lose-some-weight/

Friday, March 2, 2012

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story - Part 1




Uploaded by on 12 Oct 2007

Todd Haynes [Far from heaven, Safe] burst upon the scene two years after his graduation with his now-infamous 43-minute "Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story" (1987). Seizing upon the inspired gimmick of using Barbie and Ken dolls to sympathetically recount the story of the pop star's death from anorexia, he spent months making miniature dishes, chairs, costumes, Kleenex and Ex-Lax boxes, and Carpenters' records to create the film's intricate, doll-size mise-en-scene. The result was both audacious and accomplished as the dolls seemingly ceased to be dolls leaving the audience weeping for the tragic singer.

Unfortunately, Richard Carpenter's enmity for the film led to the serving of a "cease and desist" order in 1989, and despite the director's offer "to only show the film in clinics and schools, with all money going to the Karen Carpenter memorial fund for anorexia research," "Superstar" remains buried, one of the few films in modern America that cannot be seen by the general public.





Uploaded by on 4 Jul 2008
The real Karen Carpenter story told through the reenactment of events in Karen's life by Barbie Dolls and mixed media features insights into the affliction of anorexia Viet Nam War the 70's Richard Nixon this movie was never released due to its use of Carpenter music and honest portrayal of Karen's sad life





 

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