Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Eating Disorders and Myspace/Facebook

"Pro-anorexia websites offering tips on extreme dieting are nothing new, but their growth on social networking sites is a disturbing new twist and brings them within reach of a wider audience."

Eating disorders can cause infertility, heart disease, and death. Anorexia nervosa has a higher mortality rate than any other psychiatric illness.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6935768.stm

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