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	<title>Religion News Blog &#187; Ana / Anorexia</title>
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		<title>France bans websites promoting anorexia &#8216;cult&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Forums promoting anorexia pose health risk, study warns</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
The study, slated for publication in the August edition of The International Journal of Eating Disorders, said the websites are proliferating on the Internet. “Many of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anorexia now cult figure named &#8216;Ana&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An underground movement that promotes self-starvation has an almost cult-like appeal to followers, mainly young women and teens who suffer from anorexia.
CHICAGO &#8211; They call her &#8221;Ana.&#8221; She is a role model to some, a goddess to others &#8212; the subject of drawings, prayers and even a creed.
She tells them what to eat and mocks [...]]]></description>
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