article_snippet.sent: I was nearly 13 stone and felt like I was too big,' Laura said. '
article_snippet.sent: I'd been bullied a little bit because of my weight, people saying things like 'here comes the whale' and that made me feel horrible.
article_snippet.sent: But it wasn't just people I knew.
article_snippet.sent: I felt there was a lot of pressures from all over the place.
article_snippet.sent: I could tell my parents were getting worried, my parents couldn't understand why I didn't want to eat.'