Hilary Duff, 35, reveals she suffered from a ‘horrible’ eating disorder when she was 17 because she thought she had to be ‘skinny’ to work as an actress
Hilary Duff suffered from a ‘horrible’ eating disorder when she was 17 in 2004.
The 35-year-old star has reflected on the impact of childhood fame and the pressure she felt as a teen actress in the public eye.
“Because of my career path, I can’t help but say, ‘I’m in front of the camera and the actresses are skinny. It was horrible,'” he said. Women’s Health Australia January 2023 issue.
A difficult time: Hilary Duff suffered a ‘horrible’ eating disorder when she was 17 in 2004. The 35-year-old star has reflected on the impact of childhood fame and the pressure she felt as a teen actress in front of the public. . She was wearing a tank top, miniskirt, cork heels, carrying a small bag and holding a lollipop in 2004.
Now healthy: “Because of my career path, I can’t help but say, ‘I’m in front of the camera and the actresses are skinny.’ It was horrible,” she told Women’s Health Australia.
The How I Met Your Father actress and Lizzie McGuire revealed that she has learned to appreciate her health and take a fresh approach.
She explained: ‘[I’m] appreciate my health, do activities that make me feel strong instead of just improving the outside of my body.
“Spending time with people who make me feel good and share similar views on health and body positivity and getting enough sleep and balancing my diet.”
Red-y to part with style: here she looked very slender in a skintight red dress. The How I Met Your Father actress and Lizzie McGuire revealed that she has learned to appreciate her health and take a new approach.
Back in 2005: The clothes were hanging on the teen star who did everything she could to stay a size zero
Now she works hard for it: She explained: ‘[I’m] appreciate my health, do activities that make me feel strong instead of just improving the outside of my body.’ Seen in 2006
She has worked with personal trainer Dominic Leeder, and he noted the way she approaches fitness for her clients.
He explained: ‘The most common unrealistic goal people have is to want to lose a significant amount of weight, fast.
“I feel like it’s exacerbated by a lot of famous people who have been on what I would call a fad diet and have lost an incredible amount of weight.
“They take photos, you see it, but no one knows what happens after that. And often with fad diets, things take a turn for the worse right after.
Their third child: Earlier this year, Hilary, who has son Luca, 10, with ex Mike Comrie and four-year-old daughter Banks and 19-month-old daughter Mae with husband Matthew Koma, celebrated her body with a session nude photo shoot for Women’s Health Magazine Body Issue
‘Achieving your fitness goals is more of a marathon than a sprint. And turning it into a marathon means that my main focus for my clients is to not only reach their goal, but also to stay on their goal. And doing it quickly often doesn’t allow them to keep it.’
Meanwhile, earlier this year, Hilary, who has son Luca, 10, with ex Mike Comrie, daughter Banks, four, and daughter Mae, 19 months, with husband Matthew Koma, celebrated her body with a nude photo shoot for Women’s Health magazine. Body problem.
She said at the time: ‘I’m proud of my body. I am proud that it has produced me three children. I have come to a place of being at peace with the changes my body has gone through.
“I also want people to know that a makeup artist was there putting glitter all over my body and someone put me in the most flattering position.”