| Alot of young women with self esteem issues tend to | | | | Hair Loss |
| believe that they need to lose weight. Some girls | | | | Infertility |
| actually do need to lose it and will cut back on their | | | | Osteoporosis |
| food intake and increase their activities. Other girls | | | | High/Low blood pressure |
| wether they need to lose the weight or not will take | | | | Hiding foods |
| another route. The young women and men that take | | | | Irritability |
| this route develop eating disorders. After having these | | | | Excessive amounts of weight lost in a short amount of |
| disorders some will turn to medical professionals and | | | | time |
| get treatment to get rid of the disorders. The others | | | | Intolerance to cold temperatures |
| that are left in this category will turn to the internet, | | | | Pancreatitis |
| where they find "professionals" that help them become | | | | Weakness and chronic fatigue |
| "better" anorexics or bulimics. | | | | Seizuresand sometimes Cancer or even Death. |
| All of these websites tell these young and | | | | These are only a few things that some will go through, |
| impressionable people that are suffering from horrible | | | | there are much more to go along with it. |
| life threatening disorders that what they are doing is | | | | These Pro Eating Disorder (also known as Pro-ED) |
| ok. They call themselves "Pro Ana" and "Pro Mia"(Ana | | | | websites contain extreme diets, advice on fasting, and |
| standing for Anorexia and Mia standing for Bulimia). | | | | also tell visitors how to hide their eating disorders from |
| These websites tell their visitors that they are | | | | their friends and families. While doing all of these things |
| worthless, useless, and they say that starving oneself | | | | they also provide pictures of models, celebrities, and |
| or binging and purging is the only way to achieve | | | | people they know that are so rail thin their bones are |
| perfection. If you ask me, I believe this Pro Ana/Mia | | | | protruding from their skin. They call these photos |
| trend is an insane concept. It would be as if you were | | | | "thinspiration". It's really a disgusting and very sad thing, |
| to give a suicidal person a book on how to kill | | | | and something really needs to be done about it. The |
| themselves properly. Just in case you are the one | | | | saddest part of all of it is that their is not much we can |
| who wonders "Hey what's the problem with letting | | | | do besides raise awareness, letting people know that |
| these kids do as they wish?", let's look at some | | | | these websites are in fact out their and to make sure |
| symptoms and medical problems related to having an | | | | their friends and loved ones are not one of their millions |
| eating disorder. | | | | of visitors |
| Amenorrhea (loss of period) | | | | With all of this being said I would just like everyone to |
| Anemia | | | | keep their eyes open, learn to recognize the signs of |
| Dry Skin | | | | an eating disorder, and make sure their children are not |
| Dehydration | | | | visiting these sites. This subject is also something that |
| Degenerative Arthritis | | | | might need to be discussed with your children or loved |
| Depression | | | | ones if you start to recognize these signs. |
| Decaying or rotting teeth | | | | |