An eating disorder is serious and it's a disease, and I don't think you can lightly say that someone has a disease… — Nicole Richie Copy Share Image
Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from food so… — Carre Otis Copy Share Image
With modelling, there's nothing to work on other than losing weight. I definitely had an eating disorder. — Margaret Qualley Copy Share Image
If I like myself at this weight, then this is what I'm going to be. I don't have an eating disorder. — Courteney Cox Copy Share Image
Man is never alone. Acknowledged or unacknowledged, that which dreams through him is always there to support him from within. — Laurens van der Post Copy Share Image
Eating disorders, body dysmorphia and a general dissatisfaction with one's life and body seems to ail too many young people. — Carre Otis Copy Share Image
“The reasons for Emma's illness and for her decision to allow life in, rather than die, are intertwined and involve the beginnings… — Carol Lee Copy Share Image
As young girls we grow up with the idea that life is going to be a bit of a fairytale. But at… — Darren Fletcher Copy Share Image
When a lot of people wake up in the morning and put on their underwear, the first thing they feel that day… — Rain Dove Copy Share Image
“Why am I here? I'm here because I know I have a binge eating disorder. I want to get help. I want… — Megan E. Cassidy Copy Share Image
It's sad to hear that 1 in 3 girls have an eating disorder, because they're trying to be something that they think… — Bethany Hamilton Copy Share Image
I think sometimes what happens is that all of this feeling out of control manifests itself in trying to control your body;… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
I feel honoured to be making my third documentary with BBC Three and bringing visibility to this complex subject. The stats regarding… — Zara McDermott Copy Share Image
“You have no idea what someone else’s life is like. The girl who looks like she has it all could have an… — Kate Izquierdo Copy Share Image
“She's a baby," Maggie told me. "Babies wear pastels." "Says who?" I asked. ... "Society. The same society, I might add, that… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
What I’d like to teach my daughter about self-image and self-esteem is that you’re beautiful on the inside and the outside, and… — Dara Torres Copy Share Image
“Well, Kessa, I am glad to see that you're taking your body seriously. I shudder when I see the girls leaving class… — Steven Levenkron Copy Share Image
“Why? You want to know why? Step into a tanning booth and fry yourself for two or three days. After your skin… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“Did you ever think about boys?' I say, staring up into the dark. 'There wasn't room,' she whispers, and her voice is… — Brenna Yovanoff Copy Share Image
“The barriers we face in life are so often the ones we create in our minds. As a child I couldn’t open… — Leanne Waters Copy Share Image
We are male and female. We are artists, athletes, students, and business owners. We have depression, DID, PTSD, eating disorders, borderline personalities,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Even though the injury has faded, I still see it the way it was right after the accident: raw and red, a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Women with body image or eating disorders are not a special category; [they’re] just more extreme in their response to a culture… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I didn't have any eating disorder or food addiction, but I struggle like every single person with my weight every day. Honestly,… — Laurie David Copy Share Image
Recovery isn’t easy, at first. It takes time. It takes more work, sometimes, than you think you’re willing to do. But it… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
American Psychological Association, the girlie-girl culture’s emphasis on beauty and play-sexiness can increase girls’ vulnerability to the pitfalls that most concern parents:… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share Image
Just because someones parents are together, someone has a nice house, has nice clothes, isnt poor, eats every day and has a… — Ream Copy Share Image
“It is not easy to find someone your size once the Freshman Fifteen turns to the Sophomore Forty or the Senior Sixty.… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
In this business, there is an insane amount of pressure, spoken and unspoken, to be thin. If you look at some of… — Kim Raver Copy Share Image
Yes, I talk about eating disorders and you know, excessive dieting and excessive exercising can be a sign of a mental illness...… — Sophie Gregoire Trudeau Copy Share Image
“Like many Waifs, Angela never learned to nourish herself emotionally, and suffered from an eating disorder. She simply could not take in… — Christine Ann Lawson Copy Share Image
I was struggling with anorexia, and one of the biggest problems with an eating disorder is you don't realize you have it.… — Lindsey Stirling Copy Share Image
Eating disorders are shrouded in secrecy, and there are so many things I felt very ashamed of that I could never talk… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
“Anorexics are the best liars in the world. You do anything to keep control. You place people into separate categories, those you… — Peter Barham Copy Share Image
I think it would be fair to say that most female dancers have dealt with, whether it's an extreme, or minor complex… — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
When I was dealing with the eating disorder, I wanted to look like the stick-thin models, but then I started reading fitness… — Torrie Wilson Copy Share Image
Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror and was so disappointed and disgusted by what you saw, that you wanted… — Jenn F Copy Share Image
I'm here to change things so that little girls have someone to look up to. I'm here to fight the eating-disorder battle… — Whitney Thompson Copy Share Image
Mental illness and eating disorders can affect anyone - every age, race, and gender - and I'm so proud to be a… — Matthew Koma Copy Share Image
“I was always happy when he was around. My heart did not stay still in it's place even. Nowadays my stomach replaced… — Arzum Uzun Copy Share Image
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