"Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher slammed accusations about her having an eating disorder, claiming she has a very healthy life.

The rumours started after Teri, 40, was photographed looking too thin for her age. The actress denied having problems with her weight and confessed she doesn't want to give a wrong message to young girls around the world.

She fumes: "To think that I would need to stop eating and be anorexic and sick to get a job is the wrong message to send to girls and women in our society and that really bugs me.

I am all about health and to me size is not what defines your health.

It never crossed my mind that if I was thinner, I would get more jobs."