Wasting away: Identical twin sisters' heartbreaking battle with anorexia | 60 Minutes Australia

Wasting away: Identical twin sisters' heartbreaking battle with anorexia | 60 Minutes Australia

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Rachel and Clare Wallmeyer are identical twins. They were beautiful, bright straight-A students. Then, when they were 14, their perfect world collapsed. Kilo by kilo, the twins began wasting away. For two decades the twins have been struggling with a deadly disease - one that affects thousands of Australian teenagers - anorexia. They are literally just skin and bone. They still live together and still share everything, including - tragically - a death wish. Quite simply, they've given up on life. But, thank goodness not every one has given up on them.

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