Pro-anorexia rife on social networking sites - Telegraph
Extract:
"Eating disorder charities have called on social networking websites such as MySpace and Facebook to restrict online groups that promote anorexia as a "lifestyle choice".
Pro-anorexia and pro-bulimia sites feature photographs of emaciated women and encourage victims to become dangerously thin.
The groups are appearing on MySpace and Facebook as well as YouTube, a popular video sharing site.
Many of the groups have been shut down by internet service providers.
The charities say that the groups claim to offer support but instead glorify mental illnesses.
A search of Facebook revealed several "pro-ana" groups, many with almost 1,000 members.
On MySpace, which has 115 million members, another group features photos of models alongside the warning "no people trying to recover, it ruins our motivation".
Thousands of people have viewed clips on YouTube that feature women showing their jutting bones, and sharing tips about how to avoid food."
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ReplyDeletehi.i had anorexia from age of 14-18(all because a bully called me fat)although i was only 6 stone.although i beat anorexia a long time ago,i will always have a problem with food and body image for the rest of my life.
i certainly do not agree with these sites that exist showing images of skeletal women/girls and how this is the perfect image and how to look like this and think goverment should do more to get them closed down,i have 2 teenage daughters who luckily dont have a problem with food or body image
thank you so much:-)