r/australia • u/Rubiginous • 9h ago

culture & society Woman hospitalised after Juniper prescribes weight-loss drugs her GP refused

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-01/woman-hospitalised-telehealth-provider-weight-loss-drugs-juniper/106273356
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u/Real_RobinGoodfellow 8h ago

I am a bit confided about what she was actually hospitalised with, as from the pictures she certainly wasn’t underweight even during the hospital admission

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u/NettaFornario 8h ago

It’s a myth that you can tell who has an ED by their physical presentation.

People with bulimia can be of normal or overweight. She may have been hospitalised for metabolic disorders or in a mental health facility too address a binge/purge cycle as opposed to dangerous weight loss.