Tracey Gold's experience filming Growing Pains wasn't always filled with laughs. While playing Carol Seaver on the ...

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 is opening up about the difficult ... Her experience on Growing Pains ultimately fueled her battle with anorexia. Gold revealed a doctor later put her on a diet of 500 calories a ...

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 ...

Tracey Gold’s experience filming ... When Growing Pains was canceled in 1992, Gold said she was in “the depth of my anorexia.” She ended up in inpatient treatment before appearing on two ...

But Gold still felt uncomfortable. “You're not talking just about Carol anymore. You're talking about me, Tracey Gold ... she was in “the depth of my anorexia,” and Gold ended up in ...

Tracey Gold in 'Growing Pains' in 1985 (left); Tracey Gold in 2018 (right) ...

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 ...