On last week’s episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Crystal Minkoff opened up to the ladies about her struggle with an eating disorder. The topic came up when they were discussing her stressful time in Lake Tahoe with Sutton Stracke. After she returned home Crystal found she’d lost five pounds from stress. The women…
The French parliament passed a law today banning the country’s prominent fashion houses from hiring models who cannot present medical proof that their BMIs are 18 or more. The bill was paired with another that cracks down on pro-anorexia websites. “This is an important message to young women who see these models as an aesthetic…
“Fat Girl Dancing” YouTube sensation and My Big Fat Fabulous Life reality star Whitney Way Thore is making headlines for publicly embracing her 380-pound body and promoting her “No Body Shame” movement. Whitney has been very open about how being diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and the resulting insulin resistance contributed to her putting…
Demi Lovato — like most who’ve struggled with an eating disorder or mental health problem — said her personal battle is ongoing.
Meghan Trainor, whose song “All About That Bass,” champions the bodies of girls of all shapes and sizes is under fire for some careless words about eating disorders.
Pussycat Dolls’ Nicole Scherzinger is opening up about her eating disorder struggle for the first time, saying bulimia nearly ruined her voice during her 20s. See what she said about finally realizing she had a problem and how she’s doing these days…
Academy Award-winner Diane Keaton explained to Dr. Oz this week exactly what she would consume in one day during the height of her bulimia battle. Dr. Oz estimated it added up to roughly 20,000 calories. Diane also spoke about finally overcoming the food addiction.
Last week while performing at SXSW Lady Gaga had a young artist purposefully vomit on her twice during her act. Gaga has been open about her struggles with eating disorders, but Demi Lovato thinks having someone throw up on her onstage wasn’t a helpful image for people who suffer from eating disorders.
The matriarch of 19 Kids and Counting revealed her history with bulimia this week, which happens to be the 27th Annual National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. See what Michelle said about her struggle…
Dr. Drew’s 21-year-old daughter Paulina Pinsky penned an amazing piece about her own struggles with anorexia and bulimia and her work is now garnering national attention. Read the heartfelt piece in full, see an insightful interview with Paulina that aired today on CNN and read what her father had to say about her opening up.
Part of Ke$ha’s eating disorder rehab therapy involves art therapy, and the pop star’s favorite art involves a part of the human anatomy. Occasionally Ke$ha has her friend tweet thanks to her fans for support, but yesterday her friend asked for something. “She’s doing well and needs more of your teeth to make art with at the treatment center. She misses you :)” Unfortunately for Ke$ha, the rehab has other ideas.
Ke$ha’s mom, Pebe Sebert, has opened up about the intense pressure she claims her daughter faced from producer Dr. Luke and the singer’s former manager to lose weight. Read the harsh accusations she levied, details she provided about her daughter’s struggles as well as her flat denial of recent reports that speculated the pop star entered rehab because of an alcohol problem and not an eating disorder.
Pretty Little Liars‘ Troian Bellisario just got remarkably honest about her ongoing struggles with self-confidence, saying she still feels like a fraud in the company of her co-stars. She added she dealt with an eating disorder and other self-destructive behaviors as a teen.
15-year-old Elle Fanning stars in Likeness, directed by cinematographer Rodrigro Prieto, a film about the maddening horrors of eating disorders.
Olivia Newton-John’s 27-year-old daughter Chloe Lattanzi has just completely rehab treatment to deal with severe struggles with substance addiction and eating disorders, and she claims her issues are rooted in the pressures of fame.
Bethenny Frankel, who is building an empire based on her “Skinnygirl” concept, has been open about her own struggles with disordered eating, which she feels was partly caused by her own mother’s obsession with body and food. Find out how she plans to break that cycle with Brynn.
California mother-of-three, Maria Kang, has received a mountain of criticism after a photo she posted on Facebook went viral that shows her very fit physique along with her three young children and the tag “What’s your excuse?” Get her #SorryNotSorry response to a cavalcade of critics accusing her of fat shaming as well as her reply to supporters.
New research from the Mayo Clinic found previously overweight teens are more likely to develop eating disorders, but are less likely to get timely treatment for them.
Princess Diana secretly struggled with bulimia and depression for the majority of her time in the public eye. After eventually seeking treatment, she became an advocate for eating disorders and had a lasting effect.
Kate Moss isn’t very happy with her 90s legacy. Kate’s rail thin, pale look became synonymous with a fashion trend known as “heroin chic.” Dark circles around the eyes, and seemeing disheveled and lost also contributed to the look. But Kate thinks it was all crazy because she never did heroin. The supermodel is also sore about being associated with anorexia.
Alex Winehouse claimed bulimia made his sister more susceptible to the alcohol poisoning that killed her in July 2011. He also talked about what the Amy Winehouse Foundation hopes to accomplish by donating to eating disorder clinics.
You’d think that the biggest issue when dating Joe Francis would be something related to his Girls Gone Wild empire, but his gorgeous model girlfriend Abbey Wilson confesses on Couples Therapy that something much different has come between them.
The founder of Grammy Award-winning Slipknot announced his next project is creating a documentary on eating disorders. Read on to find out why Crahan’s interested in the topic and how he plans to approach the project.
Model Sophie Nolan is speaking out about the terrifying consequences of eating disorders after suffering three heart attacks before the age of 25. “It’s not worth it,” she says of starving yourself to be thin. At her smallest, the 5’10” girl weighed only 88 pounds, but still exercised over 7 hours a day. Like many…
Doctors at Sweden’s largest eating disorder clinic revealed appalling trend: On multiple occasions, extremely underweight patients were approached by modeling scouts who were positioned just outside the Stockholm facility.
Amanda Bynes wants the world to know she is not erratic. In fact, she’s going to be taking legal action against anyone who says otherwise. Hours ago, Amanda took to Twitter where she demanded that people stop making false claims against her and quit posting unflattering photos of her online.
Amanda Bynes has been dealing with more legal issues than week can keep track of, but yesterday things became even more bleak for the troubled star. After celebrating her 27th birthday, Amanda took to Twitter where she revealed that she is struggling with an eating disorder.
When the folks at Us Weekly invited Amanda Bynes to reveal “25 things you didn’t know about me,” they must have known they were hitting a jackpot. The former child-star/retired actress, who has been acting very erratically during the past year, confessed a number of strange facts about herself. The most disturbing admission came when she claimed, “I lost 4 lbs. since I moved (to New York City). I’m 121 lbs — my goal is 100 lbs.”
Here is the dilemma with putting a young girl or boy on a diet: If a child is told her body is “wrong” from such a young age and is forced to change her behaviors, will she be set up for a lifetime of insecurity and disordered eating? Or, if you don’t encourage her to eat healthier and become more active, is she destined to the health problems that coincide with obesity?
Lady Gaga has talked about eating disorders before, saying she suffered from bulimia as a teen, but now she’s owning up to the fact that it’s a continued struggle for her. I imagine being a Super Pop Star who traipses about in her underwear all the time would put body pressure on anyone.
She’s recieved some flack this month for gaining a few pounds, and instead of quietly and secretly starving herself thin again, or signing a deal with a weight loss brand, Gaga owned up to indulging in her Italian dad’s pastas and pizzas in a radio interview. She said she was on a diet, but that she wasn’t ashamed of her body.
19-year-old Demi Lovato has become one of the strongest role models young women have today, and it’s not because she projects an image of goody-two-shoes perfection. She’s one of the most truly inspiring pop stars we have because she’s so open and honest about the tough things in life, and in her new documentary “Stay Strong,” airing on MTV Tuesday @ 10 EST, Demi further takes us into her relatable world.
Disney star Demi Lovato shocked fans when she entered rehab for cutting and bulimia, and emotional issues after she punched a back-up dancer at the airport. Demi was axed from Disney Channel show Sonny with an Chance, and as always happens, people speculated that her career would suffer.
MTV has just announced it will be featuring Demi Lovato in a one-hour special titled “Demi Lovato: Stay Strong” documenting her very public road to recovery after breaking down and going into rehab for a second time last year. Keep reading to watch a preview clip and read the full press release issued by MTV!
Last night actress and singer Demi Lovato unleashed a series of angry tweets aimed at The Disney Channel after she saw an episode of their show Shake It Up that featured an eating disorder joke. Disney PR eventually tweeted back that they had heard Demi and the joke would be removed from the show! Keep reading for the full Twitter interaction and watch a video clip that includes the eating disorder joke in question.
On last week’s episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Taylor visited Kyle’s house upset over an article in the press about her marriage that said she’s barely eating. She doesn’t know how any of this personal info leaked because “everyone in her life is under a confidentiality agreement. She said on camera that she suspected Lisa Vanderpump of leaking the story, and then Lisa confronted her about not eating. “You’ve dropped a hell of a lot of weight . . . we need to talk about that.” She then confronts Taylor about her dropping weight, and her emotional state. “You’re stressed most of the time.” “You know we haven’t always been best friends, you know that right? But I’m seriously concerned about you.”
36-year-old Jenifer Ringer plays the Sugar Plum Fairy in the New York City Ballet production of The Nutcracker, and while she would be considered thin even in Hollywood, she has a bigger body than most ballerinas. New York Times dancing critic Alastair Macaulay took note of that by saying she looked like she’d had “one…
The controversial diva turned to bulimia in high school and college because of poor self image.
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