The truth about food phobias – and why they’re a lot scarier than you realise - IN FOCUS: Assume that having a phobia of a ...

Clare Dee is terrified of oranges. The mum of two can’t touch them, or even go near them. “It’s not just the smell,” the ...

The London-based phobia specialist Christopher Paul Jones, author of Face Your Fears: 7 Steps to Conquering Phobias and Anxiety, says that a food phobia, also known as “cibophobia”, is an ...

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