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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Saskia Rowlands

Nikki Grahame's mum calls for ban on dangerous diet apps after daughter's tragic death

The mother of tragic Big Brother star Nikki Grahame is among campaigners calling for a ban on “sick” fasting apps that encourage people who want to lose weight to starve themselves.

Impressionable youngsters – many of them struggling with eating disorders – can download some of the “incredibly dangerous” platforms for free.

This newspaper signed up to several apps and uncovered scores of anorexic teens using them – some boasting of going hungry for five days or more.

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