In February 2014, Gigi Hadid revealed she had been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease, a thyroid condition, she noted on Twitter. “But [I’ve] started treatment & will be fine,” she told her followers. In 2016, some fans noticed Hadid looked thinner during the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Hadid explained that the medication was largely responsible for the weight loss, the model told Elle during a Reebok #PerfectNever panel she hosted. “My metabolism actually changed like crazy this year … I didn’t want to lose any more weight, I just want to have muscles in the right place.”
Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune disease that leads to improper hormone production by the gland located at the base of the neck, causing the metabolism to slow down, according to Cleveland Clinic. Before she was diagnosed, Hadid struggled with weight fluctuations. Indeed, when she started modeling in 2012, Hadid often heard comments about her body size. “When I started @ 17 I was not yet diagnosed w/Hashimoto’s disease; those of u who called me ‘too big for the industry’ were seeing inflammation & water retention due to that,” she tweeted in 2018.
Over the years, Hadid found ways to keep her Hashimoto’s disease under control. “I’ve been properly medicated to help symptoms … as well as extreme fatigue, metabolism issues, body’s ability to retain heat, etc.,” she said on Twitter in 2018. “I was also part of a holistic medical trial that helped my thyroid levels balance out.”
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