Jackie Evancho's osteoporosis at age 22 after anorexia: What others must know
Jackie Evancho's osteoporosis at age 22 after anorexia: What others must know
she was just 10 years old, is raising awareness that young patients who have battled
anorexia nervosa may also have a medical condition generally reserved for post-menopausal women — osteoporosis.
"They were abnormal breaks, breaks that you see in 80-year-olds," the singer recently said
in an interview with People about the broken bones she experienced.
"That's how I learned that my eating problems created osteoporosis. So now I'm a 22-year-old with osteoporosis."
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