In an interview with fashion news website WWD, Moss said one of her mottoes was: "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels."
Eating disorder charity Beat described the comments as "dangerous" and "very unhelpful" for sufferers.
A spokeswoman for Moss said the comment had been "completely misrepresented".
A national charity has today released research that shows almost half of young people diagnosed with eating disorders said that bullying was a contributing factor to their problem.
Beat, the national campaigning charity supporting people affected by eating disorders, carried out the survey, which it claims is the largest survey of its kind to date. A total of 600 young people with eating disorders were questioned for the survey, of which 91% said they had experienced bullying and 46% felt it contributed to their eating disorder.
Although eating disorders disclosed among SJSU students are relatively low, the university offers a variety of resources for those who are suffering, a Student Health Center official said.
Jennifer Waldrop, wellness and health promotion coordinator and nutritionist at the center, said that college is a time of profound change in students' lives.
She said that through college, some students thrive and others become overwhelmed, which she said is a cause of eating disorders, in addition to depression and anxiety.
Freshman English major Katherine Reed said she doesn't want to eat when she's emotionally drained.
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Youngsters suffering from eating disorders are set to benefit from the help of those with dietician jobs thanks to a new scheme.
The Eating Disorder Service is being set up in Nottingham and will take a multi-disciplinary approach to helping young people overcome such problems.
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It’s only a few months in to the college experience, but it doesn’t take long for some students to gain weight in their new surroundings, with all-you-can eat salad bars, desserts to linger over while procrastinating and soda by the gallon to stay up all night. Here are some of the specific causes of the 15-pound weight gains some freshman carry home from school:
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OLATHE, Kan. - In this age of monster burgers and bulging waistlines, it's good to eat healthy, right? Not when it becomes an obsession. There's no official name for it yet, but many call that obsession "orthorexia."
Laura Hergert developed the obsession through junior high, high school and college. Foods were either good or bad to her. She'd eat only the good ones and she'd spent hours each day thinking about eating healthy and going online between meals and snacks to log everything she ate.
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Fifteen percent of women between 17 and 24 years old have eating disorders, and one milllion men in the United States struggle with eating disorders, said Joelle Maletis, a marriage and family therapist intern.
Maletis, said 85 percent of girls by age 10 know how to diet. They have tried it because of the pressure from the media and have been influenced to be underweight because of our culture’s belief that stars such as Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton, who look emaciated are beautiful.
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