Alyson Stoner Talked About Her Eating Disorder Recovery & How It’s Related To Other Mental Illnesses
On Feb. 13, actor and singer Alyson Stoner opened up about seeking
treatment for an eating disorder and how being a child star impacted
her health in an interview with PEOPLE.
Stoner is known as the pig-tailed dancing kid in Missy Elliot’s “Work It” music video and acting roles like Cheaper by the Dozen, Step Up, and the Disney original movie Camp Rock, PEOPLE reports. In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Stoner said working non-stop and becoming famous at such an early age affected her emotional and physical wellbeing, and she started developing health problems as early as six years old, including severe anxiety that caused heart palpitations, hair loss, and seizures. “As a kid, I learned to make fire out of fumes,”
Stoner told PEOPLE. “It’s all I knew.