Robyn Hennessy and her identical twin sister Ashleigh lived a normal, happy life, up until the age of nine.
Around that time, the family moved from London to Surrey in the pursuit of a better life but, soon after the move, the twins started to get bullied at school.
At the same time, the two girls, who both went to judo classes, were training for an international judo competition.
They settled on the idea that losing weight would help them to perform better and, aged nine, they began skipping meals and cultivating their hunger.
The twins’ neighbour, a boy of seven, had been prescribed Ritalin diet pills for his ADHD. He didn’t like taking them because they suppressed his appetite, so he gave them to… Read the full story