Comments on: Anorexia websites are spreading to Facebook

By: CEDquiz

CEDquiz — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:08:00 +0000

Thanks for the great entry regarding the growth of pro-ana groups on social networking sites like Facebook. The Center for Eating Disorders, home to Dr. Crawford, who is interviewed in the Newsweek article, just wrote a blog entry about this growing problem. To read about what CED thinks about this issue or to view the link to the Newsweek article: http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2008/11/25/newsweek-highlights-the-dangers-of-pro-anorexia-groups-on-social-networking-sites/

By: Ash

Ash — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:51:00 +0000

It is worth noting that most of the girls in the so-called pro-ana communities would not meet the dsm iv’s criteria for the dianosis of eating disorders. The criteria for diagnosis, especially of anorexia, is very strict.

On the whole, pro-ana perpetuates negative stereotypes and makes it difficult for people like me who actually have the disease to get treatment.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:58:00 +0000

What these folks need to do is disrupt American Psychiatric Association meetings with aggressive protests, form advocacy groups, and promote it as nothing more than a lifestyle choice. Then they can bully the APA into dropping it as a psychiatric diagnosis and the starvation community can come out of the closet.

Maybe we will then have whole “pro-an” communities where they won’t have to be offended at the sight of fat people, even pro-an bars and pro-an restaurants where you get 6 peas and a glass of water.