Eating Disorders

Battles over image * Actress Keira Knightley has launched a libel action over a Daily Mail story which she claims suggested she has "dishonestly sought to mislead the public" about whether she has an ba href=/eating disorder/a/b.

* Kate Hudson, the American actress, won a libel case with undisclosed damages against The National Enquirer at the High Court in London last year after it suggested she had an ba href=/eating disorder/a/b.

* Victoria Beckham has reportedly banned skinny models from catwalk shows of her fashion line to give a "positive image" to young girls.

She attributed her slender frame to "controlled eating".

* Singer Joss Stone has denied losing an "unhealthy amount" of weight since moving to Los Angeles, reports say.

She said: "In LA, everyone slims.

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