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OLIVIA Newton-John has vowed to nurse her anorexic daughter back to health following years of family heartache.

The Grease star is deeply concerned for her only child Chloe Lattanzi, 21, who said her eating problems started when Olivia, 59, fell desperately ill with breast cancer 15 years ago.

But Chloe’s eating disorder spiralled out of control 18 months ago when her mother’s long-term boyfriend, Patrick McDermott, disappeared during a fishing trip and hasn’t been seen since.

Chloe said: “I’ve gone through an eating disorder. I don’t hide that. It’s nothing I’m ashamed of. Everything happens for a reason.”

She kept her anorexia secret from her famous mother for two years. Devastated Olivia said: “Did I notice? Yes. I was obviously very concerned and worried. Eating disorders are usually nothing to do with food. Parents need to be with their child to see them through it. All the therapists in the world can’t help if the parents aren’t present, loving and pro-active.”
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Victoria Beckham has inadvertently boosted the sales of a new diet book that highlights the current obsession with extreme svelteness.

Posh ‘n’ text: Victoria’s patronage gave a boost to sales of ‘Skinny Bitch’
Until recently, not many people had heard of the American diet book, Skinny Bitch. That is, until Victoria Beckham decided to buy a copy.

The perpetually pouty British singer - dressed in her trademark dark sunglasses - was snapped by paparazzi buying the diet guide in an LA boutique last month. Within hours of the photo appearing on the web, the book had jumped from 77,939th place on the Amazon website sales chart to 209th - a whopping increase of 37,000 percent.

The sassy book - described as a “no-nonsense, tough-love guide for savvy girls who want to stop eating crap and start looking fabulous” - had failed to garner much attention prior to being lifted off the shelf by the rail-thin Posh. Now its authors are reaping in the cash as thousands of readers turn to the unconventional book for quick weight loss advice.

The book was written by two LA fashion luminaries: former model Kim Barnouin, who has a degree in holistic nutrition, and ex-Ford model agent Rory Freedman. “They may be bitches,” the book warns. “But they are skinny bitches.”

Not for the faint hearted, the in-your-face book is loaded with strong language and no-holds-barred advice such as, “you are a total moron if you think the Atkins Diet will make you thin”; “soda is liquid Satan”; and “coffee is for pussies”.

Based on a vegan philosophy, the Skinny Bitch guide encourages women to eat whole grains, fruits and vegetables while urging them to abandon dairy products, eggs, meat and fish. The authors also issue a scathing attack on meat eaters, calling those who choose to eat meat while attempting to lose weight “morons”.
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OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN’s daughter, CHLOE LATTANZI, is opening up about her two-year battle with anorexia in the new issue of Australia’s Woman’s Day magazine.

“I’m lucky that I got through it because it’s a fatal thing if you don’t pull through,” the 21-year-old Chloe tells the magazine. “I’m taking very good care of myself now, but I’m not going to be like, ‘Oh, I eat pizza every day!’”

Chloe has received much support from her famous mom as she continues her anorexia recovery, and there’s no better role model than Olivia when it comes to staying healthy.

“I eat well because I like to, and I like to exercise,” says Olivia. “I like to get on the treadmill. I love to play tennis.”

Olivia has had her own health issues, having successfully battled breast cancer in 1992.

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Their views on food and body image could not be more different: Susannah Jowitt is the author of Fat, So?, which celebrates larger women. Candida Crewe wrote Eating Myself about her battle with anorexia and bulimia.

So what happened when they met?

Susannah Jowitt, 38, is 5ft 7in, weighs 14 stone and is a size 16 to 18.

She lives in West London with her husband Anthony and children Adelaide, five, and Winston, three. Susannah says: When I was 14, I nicked two pieces of bread from the middle of a new loaf of Hovis, then carefully re-sealed the bag with that fiddly piece of sticky yellow tape to escape detection.

Such extraordinary attention to detail was all in vain. My mother had counted the number of slices in the loaf and confronted me with my crime.

It was at that moment that I should have realised all was not well in our family’s Garden of Eating. How many parents count the slices in a loaf?

Such elaborate surveillance was necessary because I was, apparently, a Fat Child and needed to diet. My brother, on the other hand, was a Thin Child, so he was allowed sweets after tea (that’s how I remember it, anyway).

My parents yo-yoed between being people who loved their food (my mother was a truly great cook) and people who paid for their love of food by eating grapefruit. I inherited their greediness but, to my mother’s frustration, I missed out on the guilt gene.

Looking back at photos of myself as an adolescent, I wasn’t even particularly big - sturdy, yes, and with the same frame as my mum, who, by that time, was fat - but certainly nothing to worry about. But worry she did.
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Katharine McPhee discusses her courageous decision to enter rehab for her eating disorder.
“American Idol” second-place runner-up KATHARINE McPHEE credits the hit TV series with helping her get her life on track. In the December issue of Shape magazine, currently on stands, the 22-year-old beauty talks about her decision to enter the Eating Disorder Center of California to deal with her bulimia.

“After I made it through the first round of auditions, I knew I had to get better if I was going to go all the way,” Katharine recalls in her interview. “In this way I can say the show literally saved my life.”

After discussing her bulimia with her mother, Katharine entered the program, finishing up the three-month outpatient program just days before “Idol” stopped airing the audition episodes and began focusing on the Top 24.

“The therapists asked me if I was ready to let go of bulimia, and I definitely was,” Katharine told the magazine. “Yes, I was scared, but I knew I had suffered enough.”

Growing up, Katharine had always been considered skinny. It wasn’t until she decided to try modeling and acting that food became an issue. She was only 15 years old, but casting directors kept telling the size-10 teenager to lose 10 more pounds. The end result was that she became obsessed with her weight, and when she saw a TV show about purging, it sounded like a good idea at the time.

Since leaving Eating Disorder Center of California, Katharine says she has been successful in using the tools they gave her, so that she made it all the way to the “American Idol” finals, through this past summer’s “Idol” tour and through the stress of recording her upcoming CD without suffering a relapse.

“It’s hard to eat healthy on the road, but as I learned in the center, it’s not necessarily what you eat but how much,” she says.

Alanis Morrisette:
Singer- She reports struggling with an eating disorder

Alfred Hitchock:
Director- Struggled with compulsive eating (now deceased)

Anna Freud:
Psychoanalyst- Documented that she struggled with anorexia

Anne Sexton:
Poet- Has struggled with anorexia and depression

Audrey Hepburn:
Actress- 103 lbs at 5″7

Beverly Johnson:
Model- Has been in recovery from anorexia and bulimia

Billy Bob Thorton:
Actor- Struggled with anorexia after losing weight for a role he played

Brandi:
Singer- Has reported to struggle with diet pill abuse

Briget Hall:
Model, Has been in recovery from an eating disorder

Candace Cameron:
Actress- Has been in recovery from eating disorder

Karen Carpenter:
Singer- Died from long struggle with Anorexia

Cathy Rigby:
Gymnast- Been in recovery from anorexia & bulimia, activist

Cherry Boone O’Neil:
Singer- Has been in recovery from anorexia

Cheryl Tiegs:
Model- Has been in recovery for an eating disorder

Chris Farley:
Comedian- Died from compulsive eating & drug abuse

Chris Robinson:
Singer- It is rumored that he has battled anorexia

Christina Ricci:
Actress- Has been in recovery for anorexia & depression

Christine Alt:
Model- Has been in recovery from anorexia

Christy Hienrich:
Gymnast- Died from her struggle with anorexia

Courtney Thorne-Smith:
Actress recovering from Eating Disorders

Crown-Princess Victoria of Sweden:
Royalty- Developed anorexia, came to U.S. for treatment

Daniel Johns:
Singer- Working on recovering from anorexia

Dawn Langstroth:
Singer- Has been in recovery from anorexia
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