Coroner accuses 'body-obsessed' magazines after girl dies

A coroner has accused teenage magazines of contributing to a 17-year-old girl's eating disorder which led to her death.

Coroner accuses 'body-obsessed' magazines after girl dies

A coroner has accused teenage magazines of contributing to a 17-year-old girl's eating disorder which led to her death.

Melissa Booth, of Walton, Liverpool, was probably "pushed" into her condition by the magazines as well as by the availability of laxatives, the city's coroner said.

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