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Shame in Medicine: 8. In Hiding

The Nocturnists

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I'm a Fat Kid and I've Always Been a Fat Kid.

"I've always been a fat kid. I grew up in a family where that was absolutely unacceptable," she says. "One thing that stands out was being told that I should stop eating apricots, but I was 11 years old and I was taught to avoid apricots ... It did not fix my body." A part of me still thinks that I could conquer it and the shame would go away, he adds.

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