Like mother like daughters?

Pam McKenna, 48, Coventry

Sitting in the doctor’s office, I took a deep breath and started to speak. ‘I think Amba has an eating disorder,’ I blurted out.

Next to me, my 13-year-old daughter gasped.

She thought she had an appointment for a sore ear.

But lying to her was the only way I could get her through the doctor’s door.

‘You need help, darling,’ I sobbed.

It was January