Action on pro-anorexia websites

Dutch weblog provider Punt.nl and government anorexia experts have developed a warning label for weblogs which focus on encouraging anorexia.


Pro-choice anorexics, who call themselves Pro-Ana, use the weblogs to meet online and exchange weight-loss tips.
‘Doctors treat their patients during the day but are mostly unaware that in the evening these girls are telling each other online now they have fooled their helpers,’ Caspar Schoemaker of the government’s public health institute told the paper.

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