A new study examines the content and messages of 180 sites promoting eating disorders
‘Thinspiration’ websites glorify eating disorders
Posted: 08/03/2010
Baltimore - A local researcher spent a lot of time online learning about ‘thinspiration.’ Thinspiration are the images of stick-thin models and super skinny celebrities. The web is flooded with the sites promoting what are called pro-ana (pro-anorexia) and pro-mia (pro-bulimia) lifestyles. These are websites that glorify eating disorders.
Dina Borzekowski with Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health is the lead author of the study. She is in the final stages of completing the study that explores the effects of pro-eating disorder sites on young people.
You can watch the interview from Good Morning Maryland at 9. We have also provided a link for more information.
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