"It is important to note that most
pro-ana [anorexia promoting] and pro-mia [bulimia promoting] content is posted by people who are themselves suffering from an eating disorder and is not deliberately malicious.
Online "
pro-ana" and "pro-mia" sites go so far as to actively encourage and model disordered eating behaviors associated with anorexia and bulimia.
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pro-Ana e a experiencia da anorexia no sexo masculino.
Online boundary work has been also identified in
pro-ana communities, online communities that disseminate information about eating disorders, primarily anorexia nervosa, and provide girls and women with a forum to discuss and share information about eating disorders (Dias, 2003).
Pro-ana (and pro-mia/bulimia) is often viewed as an anti-recovery model which challenges the medical and social scientific gaze and explanatory models (Fox et al., 2005) offering a non-judgmental community and support to members who craft a '
pro-ana' lifestyle together (Boreo & Pascoe, 2012).
A trawl of Elle's computer found secret accounts on "
pro-ana" websites.
By providing information on healthy eating and nutrition, the Internet can be an excellent resource for people with an eating disorder; however, you should also be aware of the impact of so-called
pro-ana Web sites.
Users of the so-called
pro-ana websites had branded him "pathetic" and urged him to lose more weight so they "could see his bones".
Sarah Spence of the Butterfly Foundation, a national organisation devoted to raising awareness about eating disorders, said in most cases photos and tips posted on such "
pro-ana" sites encouraged the worst symptoms.
Unfortunately, apart from such useful pages, sites qualified as "
pro-ana" pages also exist on the Web.
Staff there are particularly concerned about the growth of '
pro-ana' websites - addictive online chatrooms that hook young people and encourage them, often causing their eating disorder to spiral out of control.