In an interview with Prevention magazine, Durvasula recounted beginning to struggle with her weight in her mid 20s. After having children, however, stress from balancing her career and personal life caused her to seek "solace" in food.[18] The fellow mothers at her daughter's school, who she says were generally svelte, were unkind to her.[19] In preparation for a wedding, she tried on several saris her mother had brought her from India, but none of them fit.