‘Because I had a larger body, it took me years to realise I had an eating disorder’ There is an urgent need to reframe what we think of as ‘anorexic’ as people of all sizes can be affected Helen James has atypical anorexia I was 10 when I first felt uncomfortable in my body. I was taking part in a country dancing lesson at school, and the teacher asked me to tuck my bottom in, because I “looked like a pigeon”. They probably didn’t think twice about the comment, but it stuck with me for the rest of my time at school.