Candace Cameron Bure, 49, Opens Up About Her Health Disorder
Candace Cameron Bure is confronting her past and present with disarming honesty, opening up about her long battle with bulimia and how it continues to shape her life today.
Candace Cameron Bure has revealed that she still struggles with the eating disorder she developed as a teenager. She shared that it began after her parents put her on a diet, a decision that influenced how she viewed her body.
Candace Cameron Bure attends the 32nd annual Movieguide Awards Gala at AVALON Hollywood on February 7, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. | Source: Getty Images
On the July 22, 2025, episode of her podcast, “The Candace Cameron Bure Podcast,“ Bure and guest Lisa Whittle discussed body image and eating disorders.
The “Full House” actress spoke candidly about her experience with bulimia. “I, too, developed an eating disorder when I was 18,” she said. “It was binging and purging. I’m a bulimic. And I still say I’m a bulimic.”
Although she no longer engages in bulimic behaviors, Bure explained that she continues to identify as bulimic because the thoughts remain. “I still need the tools to just say, ‘No, Candace, we’re not doing that,'” she admitted.
Bure emphasized that she does not blame her upbringing, saying her parents did their best. However, when her brother Kirk Cameron began struggling with eating disorders, her parents became concerned for her as well.
From then on, her family focused on health, but in practice, everyone in the house was on a diet. While her parents never pressured her to lose weight, their approach was clear in how they ate.
She said her parents presented it as “preventative.” Instead of pressuring her to lose weight, they focused on teaching her how to be healthy and stay active.
Still, that mindset left a lasting impact. “That very thing just shaped the way I looked at my body, which was like, ‘Oh, it’s not good enough the way it is right now,'” she said.
