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Isabelle Cornish has spoken candidly about her battle with an eating disorder, revealing she suffered from it on-and-off for several years.
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday, the 27-year-old SAS Australia star admitted the illness took a serious toll on her life.
'It definitely affects your whole life, eating disorders are a serious mental health issue and they affect every single part of your life,' she said.
Speaking out: Isabelle Cornish has spoken candidly about her battle with an eating disorder, revealing she suffered from it on-and-off for several years. Pictured in May
'Being in the media or just being a young woman or anyone growing up in this modern world, we can be very influenced about our external image so I suffered a lot with body image.
'I had periods where I suffered from an eating disorder on and off. I didn't know how to deal with my emotions and all the stress and everything, so an eating disorder was kind of my coping mechanism.'
The Nine Perfect Strangers actress said she