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‘Fighting has always been my outlet’
UFC Kay Hansen opens up about how she discovered she had an eating disorder and how she believes it could be linked to the trauma she endured as a teenager.
Hansen was sexually abused in her teens and says not eating and over training was her way of coping. Her issues around food came to a head when she was forced to pull out of a fight in March 2021 as her body was effectively shutting down on her.
Image: Kay Hansen during a UFC fight (photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC - Getty Images)
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