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Thursday April 17, 2008

Ana / Anorexia:

France bans websites promoting anorexia ‘cult’

Internet sites and blogs which peddle the gospel of an “anorexic lifestyle” to teenage girls were outlawed by the French parliament yesterday. The law is the first attempt anywhere in the world to stamp out the “pro-ana” movement, a cult-like attempt to promote anorexia as a lifestyle which began in the United States eight years ago.

Saturday July 8, 2006

Ana / Anorexia:

Forums promoting anorexia pose health risk, study warns

The first medical study of websites that promote anorexia as a lifestyle choice calls on Canadian health-care professionals and parents to educate themselves about the dangers of these sites.

Wednesday June 1, 2005

Ana / Anorexia:

Anorexia now cult figure named ‘Ana’

An underground movement that promotes self-starvation has an almost cult-like appeal to followers, mainly young women and teens who suffer from anorexia.