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Walking SAVED MY LIFE

Jenny Marshall, 58, Mt Gambier, SA

Sitting on the classroom floor, I gazed admiringly at one of my favourite teachers.

When the lesson ended, the other children jumped up, but I struggled.

‘Look at the big gorilla get off the floor,’ the teacher laughed, pointing to me.

As my classmates laughed too, I hung my head in shame.

By Year 2, I weighed an unhealthy 60 kilos.

Growing up the youngest of four on our property in Coonalpyn, SA,

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