'Brazil model Ana Carolina Reston, who weighed only 88 pounds, dies at 21 because of generalized infection as a result of anorexia."Take care for your children because their loss is irreparable," Reston's mother, Miriam, told the O Globo newspaper. "Nothing can make the pain go away. No money in the world is worth the life of your child."
The model's cousin, Dani Grimaldi, told the Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper that Reston also battled bulimia.
It is always heartbreaking to me when somebody dies as the result of not getting treatment for an eating disoder. Especially, at the young age of 21. This is also why I am strongly against pro-ana websites. Those who promote pro-anorexia do not understand how serious anorexia can be. It is an eating disorder that needs to be taken serious. '
'Went on a water diet to lose weight and, as she put it, to appear more attractive. Continued to diet even after losing 20 lbs, until her death at the age of 32. She died of cardiac arrest due to anorexia and weighed only 80 lbs. '
'After months of speculation about her emaciated appearance, Mary-Kate Olsen has entered treatment for an eating disorder (anorexia). Fans and celeb magazines expressed shock and concern at Mary-Kate's appearance April 29 at the unveiling of the twins' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. '
'Singer and dancer , famous for her daring necklines and skin-tight dresses, has a secret weapon for keeping her figure sexy and trim. She employs a highly priced "food cop" to patrol her kitchen.
Top Hollywood nutritionist Yolanda Berman keeps a strict eye on what 36-year-old Abdul keeps in her pantry, cupboards and fridge. Abdul once thought nothing of sitting down to wolf down a whole cake, a bag of biscuits and a tub of ice cream. Then she would retreat to the bathroom and purge herself of the food. She had to overcome the eating disorder bulimia, whose sufferers binge and purge, by checking into a clinic in 1994. Abdul was once also an exercise junkie, trying to burn off the extra kilojoules she had taken in by over-indulging in food. "I used to be a fanatic," she says. "I used to exercise four or five times a day. "Now it's different. I don't exercise too much for the wrong reasons. Three times a week I'll do some cardiovascular or aerobic activity. '
Katharine McPhee
'Singer Katharine McPhee, American Idol runner-up, struggled with bulimia while auditioning for American Idol in San Francisco in August 2005. She suffered from an eating disorder for 6 years, since she was 17 years old. After her audition was successful, Katharine decided to get help. "My bulimia was really getting out of control."
She enrolled at Los Angeles's Eating Disorder Center of California, where she spent three months undergoing group and individual therapy six days a week. Katharine says today that American Idol has saved her life. She believes that if she didn't audition for the show, she would probably still struggle. Katharine has learned that there is no "bad" food - you can have everything as long as you watch how much you eat.
Katharine McPhee appears on the cover of January’s “Shape” magazine. The article consists of a quick photo scan and a little bit about how she learned to live bulimia- free.As many of you know, Katharine suffered from bulimia and food issues for years. She does claim to be over it now.
Katharine McPhee took the stage in her quest to become the next "American Idol" as she went up against eventual winner Taylor Hicks in the finale.
Shortly after the show, Katharine hinted to Access Hollywood's Nancy O'Dell that she had dealt with body issues."As women, we should not be starving. We should be feeding our bodies and our souls and there is a way to have a healthy body and not have to diet, not have to restrict yourself from food," Katharine told Nancy. "As soon as you tell me I can't have this chocolate bar, I'm going to want it. I had a lot of fear foods – foods that I would binge on and stuff like that."
It turns out the problem was bigger than she would admit.
Just months before dazzling America with her vocal chords, Katharine was literally destroying them by purging, according to People magazine."Katharine McPhee had a very tough time with bulimia, throwing up up to seven times a day," People magazine's Julie Jordan told Access. "Right before starting ‘American Idol,' Katherine went in for treatment for the eating disorder, which she had already been battling for five years."
Katharine hasn't binged since two weeks before entering the eating disorder program, yet she still managed to drop 30 pounds throughout the "Idol" process.
"You start doing something you love doing and the weight just started falling off me. I was still eating," McPhee said. "It was a really amazing thing that happened with me and my body has just been kind of falling to its natural state and I don't know if it's finished going where it want, but it's doing its thing."
A healthy and happy looking Katharine graces the cover of June 30th's Teen People and she said she likes her new role as an idol to young girls."I love being a role model. I think it's great," she smiled. '
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