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‘I WASN’T FAT, I was sick'

Trying on my first bra aged 11, I was so embarrassed.

I’d gone from being flat-chested to having 14D boobs in just a month due to puberty.

I’d always been big, and my ankles were so chubby that whenever I wore my netball socks, it felt like my blood circulation was being cut off.

‘You must be overfeeding her,’ a shop assistant said to my mum, Jill.

Ashamed, I began wearing woollen jumpers all year round to hide my body, even in summer.

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