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BYRON PITTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Sporty Spice, also known as Mel C., is a member of one of the most successful girl groups of all time, the Spice Girls music and girl power movement inspiring generations. But behind the scenes, she struggled with life under the spotlight. She shares those details and more with ABC's Maggie Rulli. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MICHAEL STRAHAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And now, we're going to go to our "GMA" Cover Story. Model Tess Holliday revealing her battle with anorexia. With eating disorders on the rise during the pandemic, Kayna Whitworth spoke exclusively to Holliday about her struggle and what she wants others to know. Good morning, Kayna. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AMY ROBACH (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now to a life-changing trip for supermodel Mia Kang. The star is opening up in a new memoir about fighting her eating disorder and finding her inner strength with Muay Thai boxing. Adrienne Bankert spoke with her about it. Good morning to you, Adrienne. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BYRON PITTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We followed Jackie Evancho's journey to stardom over the years. But tonight, she is taking us down a different path, revealing to Paula Faris her once-private struggle with an eating disorder and her road to recovery. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And next here tonight, a special report from Dr. Richard Besser with a family coming out of the shadows to help to tell you about a hidden epidemic. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) You finished strong. You finished strong, Lara, as always, thanks. We're gonna turn now to the remarkable story of a 23-year-old graduate student who struggled with an eating disorder until a group of angels stepped in to help. ABC's Juju Chang is here with her inspirational journey. Juju. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LARA SPENCER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And we're back now at 7:43 with pop star Ke$ha's mom opening up about her daughter's struggle with an eating disorder in a brand-new interview in which she says Ke$ha nearly died. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LARA SPENCER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Thank you, Robin. Actress Tracey Gold struggled very publicly with an eating disorder while working on the hit show "Growing Pains." But now, 20 years later, she says she's recovered, and she wants to help others. That's what she's doing in her new show, it's called "Starving Secrets" on Lifetime. We'll talk to her about that in just a moment, but first, a look back. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) There are troubling new findings tonight about that insidious internet threat. Websites promoting eating disorders, targeting young men and women. Researchers now say they have found 180 of these sites, and they've also discovered hidden ways fragile teens are recruited. Here's Linsey Davis. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BIANNA GOLODRYGA (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Well, if you're dieting, chances are that you're counting calories, and now there's an app for that. Smartphone applications that help you count all the calories you eat in a day have become extremely popular. But now some doctors are worried that app use is turning into app abuse. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Oh, it looks like a lot of fun. Love the music, too. Thank you, Sam. It is happy Friday. Now, though, we have a controversy swirling around supermodel Kate Moss. She is being slammed by critics for saying that one of her life's mottos is, quote, 'Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels," end of quote. It's a mantra being repeated on many so-called pro-anorexia websites and influencing countless young women. Our Juju Chang is here, been following this for us. Good morning, Juju. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right. Sam, thank you. We have a great crowd with us this morning. And now, inside the mind of an anorexic. We want you to meet a couple we learned about in the pages of 'Glamour" magazine's February issue, a wife determined to lose weight at all cost, and a husband who took a rare journey, so he could try to understand why. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ELIZABETH VARGAS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) She is a once lively woman who gradually stopped talking and eating and began disappearing because of an eating disorder. Some 24 million Americans have those disorders, but only now are we beginning to see them in adult women, not just teenage girls. This wife and mother courageously allowed "20/20" to chronicle her struggle from more than a year to inspire others to get help. Here's Dr. Tim Johnson. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right. Sam, thank you. And now, a look at the disturbing trend on the rise, anorexia in older women, many of them moms. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CYNTHIA MCFADDEN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And for our second story tonight, we focus on an ongoing and deeply disturbing development in the world of women's health and fashion. The Duchess of Windsor once said, 'You can't be too rich or too thin." But that is not the case. Does the fashion industry encourage young women to become dangerously thin? Is the industry doing anything to try and stop it? ABC's Nick Watt reports from fashion capital of the world, Milan, Italy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) It's the latest trend sweeping the fashion world, banning super skinny models from the runway. Officials in Spain have done it. Is England going to follow suit? Here's ABC's Gloria Riviera in London. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS) (Voiceover) So, we all know that so many of these young girls in Hollywood are rail-thin. And so many of them keep saying, well, I eat everything I want, I eat everything like everybody else. Can this be true? What if you do the math? Juju has been looking into this question. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]