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Zara McDermott: ‘I considered deleting social media after learning impact on disordered eating’

Zara McDermott: ‘I considered deleting social media after learning impact on disordered eating’

Zara McDermott: ‘I considered deleting social media after learning impact on disordered eating’
21 November 2022

Before Zara McDermott appeared on the reality show Love Island in 2018, she says she had a healthy relationship with food and exercise - and she’d never even looked at a calorie.

But finding fame on the popular dating show brought online trolls and bullying, with people commenting on her “body, waist, hips and legs” for the first time in her life.

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