‘She left her body’: A mother’s fight against her daughter’s anorexia
When her daughter developed anorexia nervosa, Rita Orza faced a solitary struggle to help her child survive and recover.
![Italy parenting on the margins [Lavinia Nocelli/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/LAVINIA_NOCELLI_AJ_-1773822491.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
When her daughter developed anorexia nervosa, Rita Orza faced a solitary struggle to help her child survive and recover.
![Italy parenting on the margins [Lavinia Nocelli/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/LAVINIA_NOCELLI_AJ_-1773822491.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)








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