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Bypass teenager now anorexicAdded on 17/05/11 Author: Sarah Warman – Reporter 
'Britain's fattest teenager' anorexic and close to deathThe youngest woman to go through gastric bypass surgery and once famous as Britain's fattest teenager now has anorexia. Malissa Jones weighed 34st before having a gastric band fitted four years ago. She is now 21, and weighs just 8st. Doctors had warned her that she was close to death at 34st and had only months to live if she didn't lose weight soon. Now, ironically, Malissa has again been told by doctors that she only six months to live if she doesn't put on some weight. In an interview with Closer magazine, Ms Jones said: “I would urge anyone wanting surgery to lose weight healthily. I wish I had. Surgery can have consequences you might never have imagined.” Malissa had the £10,000 NHS operation in January 2008, when her BMI was at staggering 72.4. She used to consume 15,000 calories a day in chocolate, crisps and junk food - seven-and-a-half times of 2000 calories that are recommended to girls her age. In less than a year, Malissa lost more than half her body weight and became pregnant with her farmer boyfriend, Chris Robottom, 22. Ms Jones suffered from liver failure into six months of pregnancy and her son Harry had to be delivered via C section. The boy died an hour after the birth and the doctors blamed Malissa's poor eating habits for the malnourishment and death of the boy. Now the situation is quite opposite as she has lost interest in food and doctors have diagnosed her as anorexic. Her weight is constantly plummeting and her 300-calorie daily diet includes three cooked carrots, two portions of parsnips and a roast potato. Doctors asked Malissa to eat between 500 and 1000 calories a day if she wants to remain healthy and live longer. Malissa said: “My consultant says if I continue like this, I only have six months to live. I am not deliberately starving myself but right now, I would rather die than force myself to eat. "Swallowing is painful. Eating a tiny amount gives me stomach cramps or makes me sick. "I will most likely die of a heart attack.” Clinical psychologist Dr Funke Baffour said: “There would have been psychological reasons for her obesity that a gastric band would not have dealt with. Perhaps subconsciously she is so afraid of becoming obese again, she is stopping herself from eating.” Weight loss surgery is not the complete solution for all weight problems. A comprehensive weight loss plan should be charted out that includes psychological counselling, fitness training and dieting plans for all those people struggling to lose weight, as is clear from poor Malissa's case. |
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