While anorexics hop from one site to another and use everchanging hashtags to avoid bans on their pro-ana content, a new study shows that so-called thinspiration blogs could be a prelude to recovery.

In 2013, 17-year old Grainne Binns came forward to the Daily Mail with her story of having anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder defined by a distorted body image, and intense fear of being or becoming ...

Discovered: Wearable "smoke"; aphids convert sunlight into energy; "bigfoot" spider found; pro-ana blogging can be a support network. Pro-ana blogging as a support system. At first glance, there doesn ...

“Pro-ana” communities—websites, blogs, forums, and social media spaces dedicated to promoting the worsening of eating disorders like anorexia—have been a fixture of the web more or less since its ...

We can all celebrate a win when we see one—and TikTok's recent ban of the “SkinnyTok” hashtag is absolutely a move in the right direction. As a tenured eating disorder clinician, the promotion of ...

When Tumblr debuted in early 2007, I was a sophomore in high school that desperately wanted to run away to Williamsburg. It was the height of what’s now referred to as indie sleaze, where the ...

They call her “Ana.” She is a role model to some, a goddess to others — the subject of drawings, prayers and even a creed. She tells them what to eat and mocks them when they don’t lose weight. And ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link TikTok said that it had banned six accounts for posting content promoting eating habits that are likely to lead to health problems in its latest ...

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