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Becoming Anorexic Learning to Starve on the Internet
By Deborah Wilson

Young women with anorexia are gathering on what are called pro ana or pro anorexia websites. Girls who often have nothing in common except the desire to be thin visit sites that feature message boards where women can bond and share tips on how to lose weight. These sites have become a way for women to bond and encourage each other to keep losing weight.

Perhaps the most disturbing messages on these boards are ones by young girls new to anorexia who ask, "How can I learn to hide my anorexia from my parents?" The sites become virtual how-to manuals for girls who aspire to the heights of anorexia, without taking into consideration the depths into which they are doomed to fall if...
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