Zac Efron opens up about extreme dieting and choosing happiness over low body fat

For years, Zac Efron was held up as the blueprint for the "perfect male" in Hollywood. Between his High School Musical days, the shredded physique, and the endless internet obsession over his appearance, the actor has spent much of his adult life under a microscope. ZUMA Press, Inc. He was shredded while filming Baywatch While Efron stays busy working, he's been quietly building a new life in Australia. And in a recent interview, he got candid about the extreme lengths he would go to maintain his physique, and a mental switch he recently made. In an interview with Heat magazine, the . . .