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Jane Fonda, actress, activist, athlete, wife and mother, was one of the first famous women to openly discuss her eating disorder. In the late 1970s, she went public with her "bulimarexia," the binge-and-vomit cycle that nearly ruined her health. Overwhelmed by the demands of the Hollywood culture, she spent nearly 20 years in the relentless pursuit of thinness.

The Barbarella star, addressed the audience at an Eating Disorders Education Network event in Atlanta, Georgia, America last weekend, and spoke of her personal battle with the eating disorders which plagued her personal and professional life for a quarter of a century. She told the audience, "For 25 years, I could never put a forkful in my mouth without feeling fear, without feeling scared. "This feels like one of those Alcoholic Anonymous meetings...but instead it's, 'I'm Jane Fonda and I've been bulimic and anorexic for 25 years of my life.'" And Fonda, who revealed recently it was she who instigated her split last year from her media-mogul husband Ted Turner, says it's only in the past few years that she's finally been able to kick the debilitating disorder. She adds, "I'm 63-years-old and only in the last two years have I learned that good enough is good enough."

Women all over the world see Jane Fonda as a beacon of light in the eating disorders awareness movement. She is a role model of strength, determination and honesty. "Go for the burn" rings in their ears as they push themselves towards ever-greater physical endurance.
(See "Jane Fonda's Workout Book," Jane Fonda, Simon and Schuster, 1981)

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