Re: tips digest: November 19, 2002

[Esther Yoder Strahan]

I once had a client who was heavily involved in this type of web site. She gave me printouts of the sort of material found on the sites (e.g. tips on how to hide the fact that you're not eating from your family, lists of vegetables that have virtually no calories, etc.). The client reports that you have to be sufficiently committed to an anorexic lifestyle in order to be allowed to contribute, and the contributors will apparently harangue women who do not seem to be true anorexics...

I don't know of any research on this topic, and can't do any lit searches before class today. I'd be interested in hearing what other TIPSters may know of...

Esther



At 12:00 AM 11/20/02 -0400, Teaching in the Psychological Sciences digest wrote:

I have a student that has decided to do a paper on the Internet-based
resistance to recovery (anorexia) Pro-Ana web movement. Have you folks
ever
heard of this movement--a group that has journals, creeds, prayers,
support, and tips-- on the advantages of control by maintaining thinness.
Also, I would appreciate it if any of you know of any research that has
been done concerning this topic. Thanks, Mike Lavin

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