Eating Disorder News

Portia de Rossi Admits She Battled Anorexia

Actress Portia de Rossi has admitted to Vogue magazine that she struggled with anorexia while starring on the hit show Ally McBeal.

She revealed to Vogue magazine: 'I've often wondered if I wasn't on that show if [anorexia] may not have happened.
'I didn't really know at that point what it was like to be a celebrity, and the only people I knew at the time who had a similar experience were these women whom I worked with. They became my role models.' (People)

Dennis Quaid Struggled with Anorexia

Dennis Quaid says he battled anorexia, or what he calls manorexia, during the 1990s. Quaid developed the disorder after losing 40 pounds for his role as Doc Holliday in the film Wyatt Earp.

“My arms were so skinny that I couldn’t pull myself out of a pool,” the 51-year-old actor says. He refered to what he suffered from as “manorexia.”
But Quaid, who was married to actress Meg Ryan at the time, confides he didn’t see a dangerously thin man looking back at him from a mirror. Like many people who struggle with eating disorders, his self-image was distorted.
“I’d look in the mirror and still see a 180-lb. guy, even though I was 138 pounds,” he confesses. (BostonHerald.com)

Lindsay Lohan Denies Vanity Fair Bulimia Statement

In a statement obtained by TEEN PEOPLE, Lindsay Lohan is denying claims made in February's Vanity Fair cover story that she had an eating disorder last spring. "The words that I gave to the writer for Vanity Fair were misused and misconstrued, and I'm appalled with the way it was done," Lohan, 19, wrote in an e-mail dated January 9. (TeenPeople.com)

Eating Disorders Linked to Birth Complications

Children of women who experience birth difficulties seem to be more likely to develop of anorexia and bulimia later in life, Italian researchers suggest.

According to the team's report in the Archives of General Psychiatry, risk factors for anorexia included anemia and diabetes in the mother, and neonatal heart problems, among others. The presence of two or more of these factors raised the risk of anorexia by nearly sixteen-fold. (Reuters UK)

Lindsey Lohan Admits Bulimia and Drugs

While Lindsay Lohan, admitted to a Miami hospital Monday night after suffering a severe asthma attack, is now "resting comfortably," a source close to the actress tells PEOPLE, an explosive interview with the Mean Girls star is set to hit newsstands Wednesday – lifting the curtain on her self-confessed bulimia, drug use and emotional wreckage over her relationships with her volatile father and her first boyfriend, Wilmer Valderrama. (People News)

Ashlee Simpson Flirted with Anorexia

Pop star Ashlee Simpson admitted she had a "minor" eating disorder when she was 11 and training to become a ballerina at the School of American Ballet.

Simpson tells Cosmopolitan magazine, "I was around a lot of girls with eating disorders, and I actually had a minor one myself ... It was about six months of not eating too much at all. I was 11 and five feet two and about 70 pounds... My parents stepped in and made me eat. That really helped a lot." (Contactmusic.com)

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Felicity Huffman Battled Anorexia

Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman says she battled both bulimia and anorexia from her teens into her 20s.

The bulimia evolved into anorexia. Huffman's weight dropped to 98 pounds, and her periods stopped.
With her family growing increasingly concerned, she sought the help of a therapist. At that time, she viewed herself — as she told the world in her Emmy acceptance speech — as "a chunky 22-year-old with really big pink glasses and a bad perm." (USA Today)

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Weight Gain Not a Cure for Anorexia

Anorexia nervosa patients who gain weight while being treated often spiral back into the eating disorder. Now new research may shed some light on why relapse rates are so high. (FoxNews)

Eating Disorders Sitcom

Lynn Grefe, CEO of the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) has previewed the pilot, and gives it two thumbs way, way down. Grefe said that watching a program that spoofs people with eating disorders is like watching a comedy set on a cancer ward. (MedPage Today)

Jessica Alba and Anorexia

Jessica Alba has spoken out about her anorexia hell. The stunning actress has confessed she suffered from the dangerous eating disorder several years ago. Jessica, who also suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder and panic attacks, recently admitted she has been cooking meals for herself since the age of 12 - because she didn't want to end up as fat as her family. (Vancouver 24hrs)

Anorexia Linked to Brain Defect

"The eating disorder anorexia nervosa could be caused by a brain dysfunction, rather than social pressures, a study shows."

Terri Schiavo Brings Awareness to Bulimia

Terri Schiavo's husband, Michael Schiavo, claims his wife suffered from bulimia that led to a dangerous potassium deficiency which in turn caused heart failure. Terri's parents and some of her friends say they doubt Terri suffered from bulimia and that nobody knows what caused her 1990 collapse. Whether she struggled with bulimia or not, her case has shed light on the very real dangers that people suffering from bulimia face.

Lindsay Lohan Denies Anorexia Reports

Lindsay Lohan has been battling rumors that she suffers from anorexia. The redheaded teen star has recently lost a lot of weight, but says her weight loss is due to hormonal changes and the natural loss of baby fat as she matures. (TeenHollywood.com)

Jamie Lynn DiScala Opens Up About Bulimia

Jamie Lynn DiScala spoke about her battle with bulimia as part of the “Celebrating Our Bodies Week” at Duke University. DiScala, who shot to stardom on HBO's The Sopranos, began to turn things around when producers warned she'd be cut from the show if she didn't get help. Since her recovery, DiScala has been an outspoken voice for eating disorder awareness.

President Chirac's Daughter Has Anorexia

"Bernadette Chirac, the wife of the French President Jacques Chirac, has spoken publicly for the first time of the pain and guilt that she and her husband feel over the severe anorexia that afflicts the elder of their two daughters."