List of fictional portrayals of eating disorders

The following is a list of fictional media portraying eating disorders as a prominent or main theme (excluding brief trivial and non-notable mentions). List is categorized by media type and title in alphabetical order. This list is non-exhaustive and may not include all fictional works on the subject matter, including self-published content, international media, recently released media and non-notable content.

Films

• Abzurdah (2015 Argentine film)
• Dying in Plain Sight (2024)
• Feed (2017 American film)
• For the Love of Nancy (1994 American film)
• Heathers (1988 American film)
• Heavy (1995 American film)
• Kate's Secret (1986 American film)
• My Skinny Sister (2015 Swedish film)
• Perfect Body (1997 American film)
• Sharing the Secret (2000 American film)
• Spencer (2021 British-American film)
• Starving in Suburbia (2014 American film)
• The Best Little Girl in the World (1981 American TV movie)
• The Neon Demon (2016 American film)
• Thinner (1996 American film)
• To the Bone (2017 American film)
• Vincent Wants to Sea (2010 German film)
• When Friendship Kills (1996 American film)

Television

• Calendar Girl (DC Comics): character created by Paul Dini for The New Batman Adventures
• Slim Obsession (1984 Canadian TV short)

Books

• Fat Chance (1994 novel by Lesléa Newman)
• Girls Under Pressure (1998 novel by Dame Jacqueline Wilson)
• How I Live Now (2004 novel by Meg Rosoff)
• Hunger for Life (2019 novel by Andy Marr)
• Killing Aurora (1999 novel by Helen Barnes)
• Kim: Empty Inside: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager (2002 novel by Beatrice Sparks)
• Letting Ana Go (2013 novel by Anonymous)
• Life in the Fat Lane (1998 novel by Cherie Bennett)
• Life-Size (1992 novel by Jenefer Shute)
• Perfect (2002 novel by Natasha Friend)
• Skinny (2004 novel by Ibi Kaslik)
• The Art of Starving (2017 novel by Sam J. Miller)
• The Cat Ate My Gymsuit (1974 novel by Paula Danziger)
• The Best Little Girl in the World (1979 novel by Steven Levenkron)
• Thinner (1984 novel by Stephen King as "Richard Bachman")
• Wintergirls (2009 novel by Laurie Halse Anderson)
• Worthy of Love (2019 novel by Andre Fenton)

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