Jessica Alba talks anorexia

Jul 27, 2005, 11:58 GMT

Jessica Alba has spoken out about her anorexia hell.

The stunning actress has confessed she suffered from the dangerous eating disorder several years ago.

Jessica began to starve herself and became obsessed with exercise - training for three hours a day - during her preparation for the TV series 'Dark Angel'. She admitted: "A lot of girls have eating disorders, and I did too. I got obsessed with it."

The 'Sin City' beauty - who realised she had a problem when he weight dropped to just 100lbs - claims she first started worrying about her weight when she hit puberty and started developing womanly curves.

She was quoted in Britain's Sun newspaper as saying: "When I went from a girl's body to a woman's body with natural fat in places, I freaked out. It makes you feel weird, like you're not ready for that body."

Jessica, who also suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder and panic attacks, recently admitted she has been cooking for herself since the tender age of 12 - because she didn't want to end up as fat as her family.

The sexy actress - who shows of her svelte figure by donning a skin-tight superhero suit in new film 'The Fantastic Four' - decided to take control of her life at 12 years old by cooking her own healthy meals worries she could become overweight like everyone else in her household.

Jessica revealed: "Everyone in my family is heavily overweight I wanted to be healthier, so I started cooking for myself when I was 12 years old."

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