Before and after: 20 examples of people who managed to overcome anorexia

Anorexia is a mental eating disorder. A person has no appetite at all, which leads to death if not intervened in time. People who have gone through this call their condition nothing but a living hell. Those who could not be helped, die from the accompanying anorexia metabolic diseases, infections, diseases of the digestive system, failure of internal organs. 

In our selection, those people who were able to overcome the disease and regain their health, life, sanity and happiness along with weight. 

Margherita Barbieri is a young dancer who, after receiving a couple of rejections at auditions, decided that the reason was overweight, and went on a strict diet that led to anorexia.

In the photos of Hannah before, her body mass index dropped to 11.

The difference between the photos is one year.

Danny Walsh got to this point, wanting to be the best player on the football team.

Matthew Booth was resuscitated for 20 minutes when his heart stopped. He suffered from anorexia for 4 years.

Elle was admitted to the hospital after not only not eating anything for a week, but also not drinking.

23-year-old Lynn consumed only 400 calories a day. Taking up sports, the girl returned to health.

Caitlin once weighed 37 kilograms.

Megan Jane Crabby weighed 28 kilograms at the age of 13. Since then, she has rethought a lot, and most importantly-recovered and is no longer afraid to look imperfect.

Jodi-Lee developed anorexia due to stress following the death of her best friend in a car accident. The doctors told her that if she didn't regain her weight, she would die.

It's never too late to regain your health and happiness.

In the photos before the girl weighs 31 kilograms. After-50.

After graduating from college, Arusha, a perfectionist by nature, decided to go on a diet that later turned into starvation.

The difference between the photos is 18 months.

2014 and 2016.

The difference between the photos is only one year.

Sophie can now lift up to four times her own weight.