2009 January 30 In spite of the devastating health consequences resulting from eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, young women continue to support anorexic behavior in order to lose weight quickly. A recent article in Newsweek magazine uncovers the rise of "pro-ana" groups on social networking sites like Facebook. In the article, Stanford professor Rebecka Peebles, M.D. cites a 2006 study that she cowrote which found "that 96 percent of teens diagnosed with eating disorders who visited pro-eating disorder Web sites learned new dieting and purging techniques, and almost 50 percent of teens who visited sites ostensibly devoted to eating disorder recovery also learned new weight-loss tips." For those of us striving to minister to those with this disease, we have certainly found another red flag that we must look for. Q&A: What do you think the appeal is for those joining "pro-ana" sites or groups?
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