Nicole Richie seeks medical help for thinness
(Reuters) Updated: 2006-10-27 15:15
LOS ANGELES - Socialite Nicole Richie, whose rail-thin appearance in recent
photos has stoked tabloid speculation of an eating disorder, has checked into a
treatment facility to address her inability to gain weight, her publicist said
on Thursday.
"She is working with a team of doctors and specialists whose focus is
nutrition," spokeswoman Nicole Perna said in a statement. "It is important to
Nicole that she achieves this goal in a healthy way as this is not a treatment
for an eating disorder."
Richie, the 25-year-old daughter of singer Lionel Richie, has publicly
acknowledged her obvious loss of weight in recent months, telling Vanity Fair
magazine: "I know I'm too thin right now. ... I'm not happy with the way I
look."
And she told People magazine that "stress" over the breakup with her former
fianc¨¦ had briefly affected her eating habits. But she has vehemently denied as
"rumor" media reports suggesting she suffered from an eating disorder.
Her admission to the unidentified facility has forced a delay in production
of the latest installment of her popular TV reality show, "A Simple Life,"
producers said.
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