Robbie Williams is getting candid about his health. In a recent interview, the pop star shared he was diagnosed with scurvy and has been dealing with depression for the first time in a decade.

Is scurvy making a comeback in the UK? Scurvy is rare in the UK today, with just 171 cases reported last year. However, this is still a rise from 2007-2008, when 63 cases of scurvy were reported.

Why Is Scurvy Increasing? Hogue’s study found that reported inpatient pediatric cases of scurvy more than tripled from 2016 to 2020, from 8.2 to 26.7 cases per 100,000 patients.

The term scurvy might conjure images of pirates or 18th century sailors. But the condition, caused by a vitamin C deficiency, often triggered by a poor diet, might actually be re-emerging.

Robbie Williams reveals he was diagnosed with scurvy — or as he puts it 'a 17th-century pirate disease' — last year after he stopped eating in an attempt to lose weight.

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"I’d stopped eating and I wasn’t getting nutrients," he told The Mirror, adding that he was diagnosed with scurvy. "A 17th century pirate disease," he said.

"A 17th-century pirate disease." Indeed, scurvy was a lot more common amongst old world sailors on long voyages out at sea, due to the limited access of fresh fruits and vegetables.

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British icon and music legend Robbie Williams has revealed he was diagnosed with scurvy, which he described as a '17th Century pirate disease'. The star told the Mirror that he had been taking an ...