Access Investigates: Extreme Celeb Dieting

Lindsay, Nicole and Mary Kate are three stars whose plummeting weight had plenty of people concerned not so long ago.But now, there?s a new crop of young actresses taking dieting to an extreme.In the first of several upcoming stories, Access Hollywood investigates why Hollywood is wasting away.Even celebrities are concerned.?I mean when you’re the size two, and you are the fattest person in the room, that’s a weird thing,? Jennifer Love Hewitt told us.?Thin is what’s in and you want to stay hot and stay out there,? Brandy explained.?I think, its sort of an epidemic,? Brooke Shields said.Everything about Kate Bosworth?s ?Superman? summer is gigantic ? except Kate.As the already naturally thin actress seems to be joining the latest Hollywood weight trend ? thin and thinner ? she is a far cry from the toned and muscular Kate we saw in 2002?s ?Blue Crush.? ?The ideal of beauty right now is thin,? nutritionist Joy Bauer told Access. ?Some celebrities will take the ball and run a little bit too far with it.??It happens to everyone, it happened to me, everyone I ever have worked with as an actress has gone there,? Lisa Rinna remembered.Tennis siren Anna Kournikova appears to be a good deal trimmer as well.But Joy says Anna?s weight loss may be natural.“Now she’s lost a dramatic amount of weight, but it could also be because she’s stopped playing tennis, and she’s probably not working out with weights anymore,? Joy said. ?She’s lost a lot of that muscle mass she had. It?s hard to tell, but she’s clearly lost weight.?And while some starlets have been waifish for years, others have recently slimmed down.Hilary Duff, 18, for instance. And 25-year-old Jessica Alba, who went from pretty thin to really thin.Jessica Simpson and Keira Knightley have come under scrutiny too.?I can safely say that I’m not,? Keira told us. ?I’ve got a lot of experience with anorexia, it was in my family hugely, my grandmother and my great-grandmother suffered from it.??There are some genetic tendencies for some women to have eating disorders while others don’t,? Joy said. ?If you have a parent that has an addictive behavior, perhaps alcohol or drugs, or an eating disorder.?Keira, who over the years has not fluctuated too much in size, says even if she?s a bit smaller right now, it?s just her nature.I would say there’s a 10-pound drop from here to here,? said Joy, pointing to her. ?But she still looks healthy.??I suppose in a way it?s good that it?s out there, and people are talking about it because at least for some girls, it?s something that’s aware.??To health professionals, it?s heartbreaking when these super-emaciated girls become the role models for so many impressionable adolescents,? Joy said.