'Riverdale' star Camila Mendes explains how she turned her struggles with bulimia into something positive

Camila Mendes gets candid about her struggles with eating disorder and in her latest interview she reveals how she complete quit dieting
PUBLISHED OCT 11, 2018

The leading ladies of 'Riverdale,' have always been candid and upfront about their struggles while advocating body positivity. In a recent interview with Shape magazine, Camila Mendes talks explicitly about her past battle with bulimia.

For the November issue, she discussed her choice to go public with the disorder last year. "It just felt so necessary for me to speak about those things," she tells Shape. "I realized that I have this platform, and young women and men who look up to me, and there is a tremendous power to do something positive with it."

 



 

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