According to a study published earlier this month, Diana's admission that she suffered from bulimia may have encouraged thousands of young people to seek help for the eating disorder.
The study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, noted that Diana's decision to publicise her battle with bulimia coincided with a dramatic increase in the number of sufferers coming forward for treatment.
The reported incidence of bulimia reached a peak in the mid 1990s. So the fact that ten years after Diana first spoke of the disorder the number of cases appears to have halved could be a sign that the "Diana effect" has worn off and a smaller proportion of those affected are now coming forward for treatment.
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