pro-ana

More disturbing are the personal blogs of girls who subscribe to the pro-ana movement, which detail their restricted diets and militant exercise regimes and dismiss the concerns of family and friends: This week I am eating 438 calories a day.

'Blogging about my anorexia helped save my life' 2011

Such sites, many of which bill themselves as being "pro-ana" (promoting anorexia) or "pro-mia" (for bulimia), offer varying degrees of information about the nuts and bolts of these disorders.

Eye-opening study of disordered-eating Web sites 2010

I have seen a young lady on a pro-ana forum who bragged about how much weight she had lost because she was Type 1 Diabetic and had gone off her insulin.

Diabetes Details 8: The Damage jimhines 2010

Yesterday a production assistant for a national talk show got in touch to ask if I would be interested in talking about teen pro-ana or mia sites.

Anastasia Goodstein: Putting The 'Community' Into Online Communities For Teens 2008

HAMMER: Coming up, pro-ana Web sites - the shocking sites that give tips on how to starve themselves.

CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2007 2007

But it beats starving themselves like those pro-ana skeletal chicks any time.

natinski Diary Entry natinski 2007

I am an admirer of your blog and your work to discuss and confront the pro-ana sites!

Don't read this post about suicide and eating disorders Laura Collins 2007

They call the advice they get pro-ana for pro-anorexic and they help teach girls to use diet pills and laxatives so that they can look like, well, like some of those folks.

CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2007 2007

Madrid is shutting down so-called pro-ana Web sites, where girls can find tips on how to starve themselves.

CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2007 2007

Last week, the Eating Disorders Association said there were more than 500 pro-ana sites online.

CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2007 2007