Dana – The 8 Year Old Anorexic

Dana, an eight year-old girl, became a walking skeleton after suffering from Anorexia. She described how at first she gave up sweets, then all junk food, then meat, and then food altogether. She exercised to the point of exhaustion. She even told her parents she would rather die than eat.
This hard-hitting documentary followed her story as she underwent an intensive 12-week course of treatment at Rhodes Farm in London.

When questioned why she stopped eating, Dana couldn’t really give an answer. The documentary tracks Dana’s progress, and examines other young anorexics whose experience helps to shed some light on a very complex condition- Aneroxia.