"The eating disorders charity, B-eat, said little progress had been made on combating "pro-ana" sites.The networking sites said it was hard to distinguish between support groups and "pro-anorexia" groups.
But a spokesperson for MySpace said they were working with organisations such as B-eat.
Over 1.1 million Britons are known to suffer from an eating disorder."
This is a much smaller number than those suffering from the eating disorder known as too fat.
"Specialists and charities say the rise of the internet and new media has played a significant part in providing easier access to information on how to get thin."
Well that, if true, seems to matter little as apparently little of it is actionable or acted upon.
If it were actionable or acted upon, then more people would go through a human-sized phase as they transitioned from the porcine.
"Specialists and charities say the rise of the internet and new media has played a significant part in providing easier access to information on how to get thin."
Actually sounds more like a good thing in this article.
"Research has shown that young women exposed to pro-ana websites felt more negative, had lower self-esteem, perceived themselves as heavier and were more likely to compare their bodies with other women."
Just as with the hugely larger problem of fat people.
A relative tempest in a teapot.
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