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She was a shadow of herself: Gauteng mom's heartache after losing her child to bulimia

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Liza de Jager is speaking up about eating disorders after she lost her daughter Claudia Haller. (PHOTO: Papi Morake)
Liza de Jager is speaking up about eating disorders after she lost her daughter Claudia Haller. (PHOTO: Papi Morake)

It was an off-the-cuff remark not meant for her ears. But when the Centurion mom overheard the words spoken to a young girl in a mall, it broke her heart and ignited her fury. 

“Wow, you got so fat over the holidays,” she heard a man saying to a young woman.

The comment unleashed a flood of emotions in Liza de Jager (51). For the first time since her daughter died of bulimia, she felt she could finally talk about her pain and took to social media. 

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