I was lucky because I grew up in a era where there wasn’t any focus on our bodies until I was much older, like 20 years old. However, school girls now, as young as in primary school are already inundated with so much body image and slimming ads. So, some have resorted to taking laxatives to purge whatever they eat to stay slim. Scary. I read that it can cause severe health problems if the person have laxatives abuse.

Young women are being warned not to put their lives at risk by taking laxatives in a bid to lose weight.

Consumer goods analyst Mintel has found that the UK laxative market has grown by a third to £52m since 2001.

The group believe the growth in sales has been partly driven by young women buying them to help them slim.

Experts agreed laxative abuse was rife, with many slimmers unaware of the dangers, including heart failure and kidney and bowel problems.

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