In an interview for the April 2022 issue of U.S. Vogue magazine, the model recalled how a psychiatrist prescribed her a stimulant medication when she was at high school, thinking she may have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

However, the medication ended up suppressing Bella's appetite and led to her battle with anorexia nervosa. "I was on this calorie-counting app, which was like the devil to me. I'd pack my little lunch with my three raspberries, my celery stick. I was just trying, I realise now, to feel in control of myself..."