Hilary Duff Reveals She Suffered From Eating Disorder Amidst Teen Fame: ‘It Was Horrifying’

Hilary Duff dealt with an eating upset during her years arsenic a teen superstar. The How I Met Your Father star, 35, opened up astir her past issues with nutrient and assemblage dysmorphia successful a caller interrogation for Women’s Health Australia, revealing she dealt with an eating upset for astir a twelvemonth erstwhile she was 17.

The Disney Channel prima explained however being an histrion had an interaction connected her self-image and intelligence health. She told them, “Because of my vocation path, I can’t assistance but beryllium like, “I americium connected camera and actresses are skinny.” It was horrifying.”

Hilary Duff revealed she struggled with an eating upset and assemblage representation issues erstwhile she was a teen star. (Matt Baron/Shutterstock)

Hilary’s been connected camera astir arsenic agelong arsenic she tin remember. She was a breakout prima successful 1998’s Casper Meets Wendy and past starred successful the deed Disney Channel bid Lizzie McGuire, which ran for 2 seasons from 2001 to 2004 and inspired a 2003 diagnostic film.

Nowadays, the mother of three has travel to presumption with her assemblage and feels stronger than ever. (Daughter Mae James is conscionable 20 months old, portion girl Banks Violet is 4, and lad Luca is 10, meaning she’s connected the spell each the time.)

“[I’m] appreciating my health, doing activities that marque maine consciousness beardown alternatively of conscionable bettering the extracurricular of my body,” Hilary said. “Spending clip with radical that marque maine consciousness bully and stock akin views connected wellness and assemblage positivity and getting capable slumber and equilibrium successful my diet.”

Hilary is seen during the 2003 MTV Movie Awards successful LA here. (Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock)

The A Cinderella Story prima was pure confidence backmost successful May erstwhile she posed successful the buff for Women’s Health. In the accompanying article, she said, “I’m arrogant of my body. I’ve gotten to a spot of being peaceful with the changes my assemblage has gone through.”

“I deliberation that astatine 34 I person conscionable gained a batch of respect for my body. It’s taken maine each of the places I request to go. It’s helped maine physique a beauteous family. I consciousness similar the older I get, the much assured I get successful my ain skin. And my body’s been galore antithetic shapes and sizes and I’m truly conscionable fascinated by, one, being a woman. And two, each the changes that your assemblage tin spell done passim your lifetime.”