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