Enterteenment!: Hollywood celebrities with eating disorders

Growing up in a family that was overweight, Alba always wanted to be skinnier.

Jessica Alba

In 2005, Alba admitted that she used to have bulimia. She said it was because she grew up in a family that was overweight, so she had always wanted to be skinnier. The “Dark Angel” star told Glamour Magazine, “A lot of girls have an eating disorder, and I did too. I got obsessed with it. When I went from a girl’s body to a woman’s body with natural fat in places, I freaked out.” Alba apparently became obsessed with exercise, and dropped to a meager 100 pounds.

Demi Lovato

The former Disney star recently returned from rehab after seeking treatment for drug addiction, bipolar disorder and bulimia. After her return, Lovato acknowledged her battle with bulimia in a blog on Seventeen magazine’s website titled “My Battle With Eating Disorders,” in which she talks about her struggles with the disease and offers sound advice to others who are going through it as well.

The “Camp Rock” starlet apparently used to vomit over 5 times a day at the height of her bulimia battle.

Candace Cameron Bure

Cameron Bure was a favourite of young women all over America when she starred as D.J. Tanner on the famous series, “Full House”. However, the star’s life was not as hunky and dory as it seemed on the show. In her book Reshaping It All: Motivation for Physical and Spiritual Fitness, Bure revealed that she struggled with bulimia just when the show ended

“It’s a very dangerous cycle that can just start to consume your life and really take over,” Candace, now 34, told People magazine.

After “Full House” ended in 1995, and as she worked to settle into her life in Canada with her husband, hockey player Valeri Bure, Candace faced struggles with binging and purging.

However, Candace apparently overcame her battle by working on her feelings. “It wasn’t about me trying to lose weight,” the “Make It Or Break It” actor said. “It was all about emotions.”

Published in The Express Tribune, February 11^th, 2012.