When her daughter developed anorexia nervosa, Rita Orza faced a solitary struggle to help her child survive and recover.
![Italy parenting on the margins [Lavinia Nocelli/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/LAVINIA_NOCELLI_AJ_-1773822491.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Lavinia Nocelli is a freelance journalist and photographer.
When her daughter developed anorexia nervosa, Rita Orza faced a solitary struggle to help her child survive and recover.
![Italy parenting on the margins [Lavinia Nocelli/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/LAVINIA_NOCELLI_AJ_-1773822491.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)