There are now several websites devoted to anexoria, but do they seek to treat it or promote it?
Pro-anorexia advice on social networking sites is a disturbing new development.
Members of such groups post pictures of painfully skinny girls for "thinspiration", compare dangerously low goal weights and measurements, and team up to "keep each other strong" in their quest to lose weight.
They swap stories on how they vomit until they cough blood, are often too weak to get out of bed and how they're scared family or friends will find out and force them into recovery.
Another user asks for good tips "for when the hunger kicks in", a request met with a slew of suggestions.
Facebook includes groups such as "Get thin or die trying", "Yes, I have an eating disorder. No, it's not your problem" and "Quod me nutrit me destruit" which translates as "what nourishes me destroys me"
Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness.
Beat, the UK's Eating Disorder Association estimates that up to 20% of those who become seriously affected can die prematurely, and are at particularly high risk of suicide.
What can be done to tackle this problem?
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16/05/08 @ 20:40