Background
John was born in Italy and he moved with his family to Sydney, Australia, when he was 8 years old. For most of his pre-teen life John was an over-weight child. In an effort to change himself he developed Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa at the age of only 11. However, he managed to turn this around when he was 12 years old and started following a more sensible nutrition and exercise program, developed mainly from his own observations and experimentation.
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