Actress Tracey Gold, who starred as Carol Seaver on "Growing Pains," talks about her extreme eating disorder accelerated by fat jokes made on the show, and how her TV mom advocated for her health.

Tracey Gold's experience filming Growing Pains wasn't always filled with laughs. While playing Carol Seaver on the Emmy-winning comedy series, Gold, 55, said "fat jokes" made about her character ...

Gold explained Monday how the show's writing hurt her to the point that she suffered from eating disorders, including ...

As her character Carol Seaver on television's, "Growing Pains" dealt with the perils of adolescence, actress Tracey Gold struggled with her own problem: a debilitating eating disorder. The studio ...

Tracey Gold’s experience filming Growing Pains wasn’t always filled with laughs. While playing Carol Seaver on the Emmy-winning comedy series, Gold, 55, said “fat jokes” made about her ...

Tracey Gold is getting candid about the body image struggles she experienced on the set of Growing Pains. Gold, who was a teenager when she was cast as Carol Seaver on the ABC sitcom in 1985 ...

Tracey Gold was cast as Carol Seaver on Growing Pains as a teenager When her character became the butt of fat jokes and producers asked her to lose weight, she went on a highly restrictive diet, she ...