[Chuck]

After ten years of keeping her anorexia under control, Nikki Grahame has relapsed.
The former Big Brother housemate has checked herself into the 11th institution she has been in since she first showed signs of the illness at the age of eight.

Nikki, who has cut her food intake by half and whose weight has plummeted, says the illness returned when she had a bunion removed and 'started to panic' because she couldn't exercise.
Eating disorder: Former Big Brother star Nikki Grahame has revealed that she is battling anorexia again
'Then, as soon as I could, I started exercising to a ridiculous degree - but without increasing the food,' she told Heat magazine.

'I have this phobia of having more than 400 calories at any one time. I can't allow myself to sleep if I feel I haven't done enough exercise.
'I don't sit down for two hours after I've eaten.'
Nikki, 29, burst on to the scene in 2006 as a contestant on the reality show.
She went on to star in her own series, Princess Nikki, and 2010's Ultimate Big Brother.
In 2008, she penned her book Dying to Be Thin, detailing her battle with the disease.
Looking healthier: Nikki burst on the scene in 2006 as a contestant on Big Brother
In it, she spoke about having to be fed through a tube for two years.
Posing in her underwear with a tape measure around her waist, Nikki revealed that she has never had a period so will never have children naturally.
The full interview with Nikki is in this week's heat magazine on sale now
She has to take medication each day after ruining her oesophagus from purging, suffers from osteoporosis and has broken bones from being hugged because she is so frail.
She says: 'I feel like a failure. I've written my book and said that I've beaten this illness, but now it's completely controlling me.
'I have to know where and when I'll be eating two days in advance so I can prepare myself mentally. It just completely controls everything.
'I'm tormented. All I think about is this regimented schedule.'
Nikki attends a clinic from 10am til 4pm every day where she has to eat when told.
The full interview with Nikki is in this week's heat magazine, on sale now.

[Niamh.]

It must be such a terrible sickness

[dyfed]

How sad.

[CharlieO]

Poor Nikki bikki