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."