Actress Tracey Gold, who starred as Carol Seaver on "Growing Pains," talks about her extreme eating disorder accelerated by fat jokes made on the show, and how her TV mom advocated for her health.

Gold played Carol Seaver, the teenage daughter of the late Alan Thicke's Dr. Jason Seaver and his wife, Maggie (Joanna Kerns) in the popular family sitcom that aired from 1985 to 1992. Her ...

However, in the same way art influenced reality, Gold says it was her TV mother, Joanna Kerns, who would ultimately look out for her, pressuring the crew to help get her healthy. After three ...