Food guru Gillian McKeith reveals the agony of her deformed back - Daily Mail 25th May 2008

I've been called a dwarf, a midget pipsqueak and even a turkey wrapped in Bacofoil. Well here's what my tormentors don't know... I suffer from scoliosis - a severe abnormal curvature of the spine. Lifelong plight: Only after a fall in her 30's Gillian McKeith was diagnosed with scoliosis Last week when a taxi came to take me to a photoshoot for the launch of my new book, the driver had to wait half an hour because I was in excruciating pain.

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