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The search for the “perfect body” can cause mental and physical harm

Severe risks to physical and mental health – including addiction, psychotic episodes, stomach ailments and eating disorders – are the dangerous side-effects of society’s obsession with the “perfect body”, leading to rising incidences of abuse of weight-loss drugs. South African healthcare professionals have raised the alarm on the long-term health impacts of misuse of weight-loss …

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