Eating Disorders

What do American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee and former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein have in common? They both starve themselves in attempt to control their lives.

Katharine McPhee has revealed that she had been struggling with bulimia, and sought help after her successful audition for American Idol and before the show started. She had struggled for years eating and “purging” up to seven times a day because of a poor self-image.

Saddam, on the other hand, went on a hunger strike in protest after the killing of his third lawyer. He ended his hunger strike ubruptly on Thursday, however, after missing a total of one meal.

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