http://prohealth.express-forum.com/feed/? Latest topics Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:17:28 GMT 10 http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa221/Tizwiz7/forum2-2.jpg http://prohealth.express-forum.com/feed/? http://prohealth.express-forum.com/eating-disorders-f2/pro-ana-sites-t2.htm Site Creator (Tizzy) Pro Ana sites are websites that see anorexia and other eating disorders as a lifestyle choice rather than an illness. They typically feature "thinspo" or "thinspiration" which can take the form of tips on how to starve yourself or pictures of anorexic girls with protruding bones. These sites are made by people will anorexia. They do not help people to recover, but instead enourage them to think that skinny is beautiful. Girls as young as eleven and twelve use the sites and ... Eating Disorders Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:17:28 GMT http://prohealth.express-forum.com/eating-disorders-f2/pro-ana-sites-t2.htm#2 http://prohealth.express-forum.com/eating-disorders-f2/pro-ana-sites-t2.htm http://prohealth.express-forum.com/eating-disorders-f2/fearne-cotton-s-documentary-on-pro-ana-sites-t1.htm Site Creator (Tizzy) I didn't see Fearne Cotton's documentary. When I saw the trailor I thought it would be good if she was trying to show that pro ana sites are dangerous, but I think she may have made the problem worse. I sometimes go onto a pro ana site to talk to the girls and encourage them NOT to starve themselves, and tonight I was on there and it was way busier than normal. It was flooded by young girls who had seen the documentary and want to be thinner, and apparently the documentary just encouraged them ... Eating Disorders Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:08:43 GMT http://prohealth.express-forum.com/eating-disorders-f2/fearne-cotton-s-documentary-on-pro-ana-sites-t1.htm#1 http://prohealth.express-forum.com/eating-disorders-f2/fearne-cotton-s-documentary-on-pro-ana-sites-t1.htm