List of people with anorexia nervosa
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This is a list of notable people who suffered from anorexia nervosa. Often simply known as anorexia, this is an eating disorder which is characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Eating disorders are known to be more common in people whose occupations involve significant focus on appearance, like athletes or celebrities.[1]
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Dance and sport
- Gelsey Kirkland (American ballet dancer)[2]
- Tina Nordlund (Swedish footballer)[3]
Music
- Anahí (Mexican singer and actress, formerly of RBD)
- Karen Carpenter (American singer and drummer, The Carpenters)
- Melanie Chisholm (British singer, formerly of The Spice Girls)[4]
- Caleb Followill (American musician, Kings of Leon)[5]
- Daniel Johns (Australian rock musician)[6]
- Dolores O'Riordan (Irish Singer/Songwriter, The Cranberries)[7]
- Diana Ross (American singer)[8]
- Lena Zavaroni (Scottish singer)
- Kesha Rose Sebert (American Singer)[9]
Literature
- Robbie Coburn (Australian poet and writer who has published poems detailing his struggles with the disease)
- Marya Hornbacher (American author of Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia)
- Michael Krasnow (American author) died October 1997, aged 28, author of My Life as a Male Anorexic.[10]
Media
- Imogen Bailey (Australian model and actress)[11]
- Kate Beckinsale (British actress)[12]
- Troian Bellisario (American actress of the show Pretty Little Liars)[13]
- Isabelle Caro (French model)[14]
- Elisa Donovan (American actress)[15]
- Vera Ellen (American Dancer/Actress)[16]
- Susan Dey (American actress)[17]
- Sally Field (American actress)[18]
- Calista Flockhart (American actress)[19]
- Jane Fonda (American actress)[20]
- Tracey Gold (American actress)[21]
- Nikki Grahame (British television personality)[22]
- Lucy Hale (American actress of the show Pretty Little Liars)[23]
- Felicity Huffman (American actress)[24]
- Kate Dillon Levin (American model)[19]
- Stacy London (Fashion stylist from What Not to Wear) [25]
- Evanna Lynch (Irish actress of the Harry Potter movies)[26]
- Paula Meronek (American reality TV personality)[27]
- Barbara Niven (American actress)[28]
- Mary-Kate Olsen (American actress)[29]
- Billie Piper (British actress, singer)[30]
- Dennis Quaid (American actor) [31]
- Gilda Radner (American actress) [32]
- Crystal Renn (American model) [33]
- Portia de Rossi (Australian actress)[34]
- Brittany Snow (American actress)[35]
- Richard Simmons (American fitness guru, actor, and comedian) [36]
- Kate Thornton (British television presenter)[37]
Other public figures
- Allegra Versace (heiress to the Versace fashion brand, daughter of Donatella Versace)[38]
- Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (heiress to the Swedish royal throne)[39]
- Shelli Yoder[40]
See also
References
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