Brooke Shields told Health magazine she would have lost her virginity a lot sooner than she did — at age 22 — if it weren't for her body issues.
"I had the public and all this pressure, and I wish I had just gotten it over with in the beginning when it was sort of OK," Shields said in a question and answer session with the magazine. "I think I would have been much more in touch with myself."
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She says her biggest health regret was not learning to love the way she looked earlier.
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"I think I wouldn’t have had issues with weight — I carried this protective 20 pounds [in college]," she said. "It was all connected. And to me, that’s a health regret."
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