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Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia

Season 1
Anorexia has the highest death rate of any psychiatric disorder in the US. The pathological fear of eating and gaining weight affects around one in every 250 women, and for some it can be a lifelong battle. Filmmaker Louis Theroux visits two of London’s biggest adult eating-disorder treatment facilities – St Ann’s Hospital and Vincent Square Clinic – to try to understand this mysterious illness.
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  1. S1 E1 - Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
    October 28, 2017
    59min
    TV-PG
    Anorexia has the highest death rate of any psychiatric disorder in the US. The pathological fear of eating and gaining weight affects around one in every 250 women, and for some it can be a lifelong battle. Filmmaker Louis Theroux visits two of London’s biggest adult eating-disorder treatment facilities – St Ann’s Hospital and Vincent Square Clinic – to try to understand this mysterious illness.
    Free trial of BBC Select

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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Ellena Wood
Producers
Ellena Wood
Cast
Louis Theroux
Studio
BBC
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