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Toe message that celebrities are sending out to today's youth is not good. How can they learn to live their lives in the most health-conscious way when their idols can not? The number of eating disorder cases is only going to rise.

Celebrities, including men and women, have suffered from a variety of eating disorders.

The first glimpse the world saw of eating disorders was when singer Karen Carpenter died in see editorial, pg. 10

In order to take the focus off of the harmful ways to lose weight, talk-show hosts, Oprah Wmfrey and Rosie O'Donnell, have promoted the healthiest ways to lose weight Winfrey now offers food, fitness and health test on her website. O'Donnell uses her "Chub Club" to focus on losing weight with healthy eating and appropriate exercising.