In college, Shari Botwin was always dieting. Sometimes, the Cherry Hill, N.J., psychologist recalled, she would exercise three to four hours a day.
People would compliment her on how good she looked, she said, but eventually she couldn't deny that she had a problem. At 5', 5" tall and 112 pounds, she weighed just barely enough "to keep myself out of a hospital."
Today, Botwin, 41, uses her struggle to overcome anorexia as a tool to help others recognize and combat the illness.
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