For those with eating disorders, stressful festive season caps pandemic-struck year Toggle share menu
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03 Feb 2021 12:27PM) Share this content
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SINGAPORE: The year-end period, with invites to gatherings and festive feasts, is a stressful one for 31-year-old Jas, who wanted to be known only by her first name.
That is because she has grappled with an eating disorder for the past seven years – one that involves chewing food and spitting it out, to avoid ingesting it.
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The string of get-togethers for meals, especially during Christmas, New Year and Chinese New Year, can be a mental torment, she explained.