Lucy Davis

I initially decided to speak about my anorexia and bulimia, partly out of a selfish motivation. I felt I had been scrutinised for my weight and thought, 'At least judge and criticise me on the facts.' There was a freedom with that. Now it's out there, and I just get on with life. I'm at peace with things.

English Actress

Katie Lowes

In high school, I had a couple girlfriends who had very extreme eating disorders. Anorexia and bulimia. And in college as well. It's just heartbreaking. As someone going through it, it's heartbreaking. And as a friend who's helping a friend going through it, it's heartbreaking. It's a real, real disease.

American Actress

Celia Imrie

Anorexia taught me to love life and to realise that starving yourself to death is a bloody waste of time. It's awful, and it hurts so many people around you. It's a terribly selfish thing to do.

British Actress

Tracey Gold

When I was 19 years old, I came down with anorexia. I had it for about a year before it became public. And it had a lot to do with my self-esteem.

Benjamin Millepied

Most dancers have no awareness of how they look; half of them think they're fat. There is anorexia in the ballet world; there are those things.

French Dancer

Kate Moss

Now I'm being blamed not only for anorexia but for lung cancer. - On being a social smoker.

English Model

Ginger Zee

Anorexia is a real disease. The choice you do have is asking for help.

American Scientist

Courteney Cox

I don't want to feel I'm responsible for anorexia across the country.

Edward Zwick

Anorexia is pernicious and not something which goes away overnight.

American Director

Shelley Winters

Anorexia often implies a serious psychological health issue, not just dieting.

Psychological Condition

Anorexia is frequently connected to societal pressures about body image.

Societal Pressure

Don't confuse anorexia with simple dieting; it's a complex mental health disorder.

Not Just Dieting

This sense of anorexia relates to a general loss of appetite, not an eating disorder.

Different Context

Anorexia can be a symptom of a disease or result from medical treatment.

Medical Condition

Anorexia in this sense usually is temporary and linked to specific causes.

Temporary State

 An eating disorder can involve any one or any combination of these behaviors. For example, people living with anorexia usually restrict the amount of food they eat, while bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent binges and purges.

Why are eating disorders...

 are related to a mental depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anorexia, borderline personality. There's a long list of disorders that contribute, and as I mentioned before, often early in life.

Thomas Insel: Toward a...

 thank you so much for noticing that all my late night snacking has finally paid off I've cured my anorexia she won't bother you anymore