An 18-year-old girl in India died from severe starvation after following an extreme water diet for months based on YouTube videos. Doctors said she had anorexia, a life-threatening eating disorder, and suffered severe complications, including malnutrition and a shrunken stomach and esophagus.
The girl identified as Sreenanda, from the southern Indian state of Kerala, was on ventilator for days before losing her life. According to Sreenanda's doctor, Dr. Nagesh Prabhu, the teenager suffered from anorexia, a mental health condition where individuals fear gaining weight and resort to extreme measures for losing weight.
