Teenager was so distraught that a boy she had a crush on had fallen in love with another girl slimmer than her that she starved herself to be thinner. Parents make heartbreaking decision to stop medical treatment for anorexia nervosa after daughter spent 20 days in a deep coma. — SCMP
The story of a 15-year-old girl in China who died weighing half the normal weight for her age after going on a crash diet to win the heart of a boy has caused widespread anger on mainland social media.
Xiaoling, not her real name, was 165cm tall and a native of Dongguan city in the southeastern province of Guangdong.
