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From dieting and swimsuits to excessive consumption, summer holidays can be a minefield for people with eating disorders

For most people, summer holidays are joyful: family gatherings, good food and the calmness of disengaging from work.

For people with an eating disorder, the holidays can also present a stressful contradiction.

Emma Hagan has recovered from her disorder. But she says anorexia nervosa — an illness involving restrictive eating — had hijacked parts of her childhood.

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