Actress Tracey Gold, who starred as Carol Seaver on "Growing Pains," talks about her extreme eating disorder accelerated by ...

Growing Pains’ star Tracey Gold opened up about her role as Carol Seaver and the ‘fat jokes’ that left a lasting impact ...

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Tracey Gold is opening up about the difficult times she had growing up in the spotlight on the family sitcom Growing Pains. While guest hosting the late Shannen Doherty‘s Let’s Be Clear ...

Tracey Gold is getting candid about the body image struggles she experienced on the set of Growing Pains. Gold, who was a teenager when she was cast as Carol Seaver on the ABC sitcom in 1985 ...

GROWING PAINS star Tracey Gold credits her on-screen mom and future husband for helping her overcome a dangerous eating ...

So when the fat jokes started, Gold said she had “no voice,” but she was able to “brush it off.” But during one summer break ...

As her character Carol Seaver on television's, "Growing Pains" dealt with the perils of adolescence, actress Tracey Gold struggled with her own problem: a debilitating eating disorder. The studio ...

Tracey Gold was cast as Carol Seaver on Growing Pains as a teenager When her character became the butt of fat jokes and producers asked her to lose weight, she went on a highly restrictive diet, she ...