{"id":458548,"date":"2021-01-01T10:57:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T17:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=458548"},"modified":"2021-01-01T10:57:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T17:57:33","slug":"olympic-gold-medalist-emily-seebohm-shares-battle-with-eating-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-gold-medalist-emily-seebohm-shares-battle-with-eating-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Gold Medalist Emily Seebohm Shares Battle with Eating Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian Olympic gold medalist Emily Seebohm<\/strong> revealed a two-year battle with an eating disorder in an Instagram post Friday, beginning 2021 with a pledge, \u201cto be braver for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seebohm\u2019s post shared her struggles with binging, purging and meal skipping. She discussed her dissatisfaction with her body image and the struggle at being told that, \u201cthe only way I can swim faster is by losing weight and I have believed it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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