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.

So when the fat jokes started, Gold said she had “no voice,” but she was able to “brush it off.” But during one summer break from the series, she gained weight. “And the ...

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

Her experience on Growing Pains ultimately fueled her battle with ... admitting she was “basically starving” all the time. The actress later went for inpatient treatment in 1992 after the ...

Actress Regina Cassandra, who will next be seen playing a pivotal role in director Magizh Thirumeni's 'Vidaa Muyarchi', has dis ...

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 ...

The oldest of five girls, the actress said she was told she was being ... Related: Alan Thicke dead: Tracey Gold remembers Growing Pains dad But Carol, as she saw it, was her.