Pro Ana (short for anorexia) supports starvation in order to lose weight. Pro Ana websites are filled with inspirational quotes and motivation to be skinny. Many people, particuarly girls, get sucked into this and want to have the "perfect body." This leads to serious eating disorders and complications. Some people don't think this is a problem. Do you think it is okay for people to stop eating in order to lose weight? If they really do need to lose weight shouldn't it be acceptable to skip meals? Should sites encouraging people to starve themselves be illegal? Or should they be okay as long as people don't take it too far?
Sunday, January 29, 2012
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I think that while in certain cases weight loss is a good thing, it is unhealthy to just skip meals entirely. Rather than skipping meals, the focus should be on eating lower calorie foods and improving exercise for healthy weight loss. Pro-anorexia is not a healthy way to solve the problem of weight loss.
ReplyDeleteI feel like there are lots of better, healthier ways to to lose weight instead of anorexia. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to to starve myself daily. Young girls are brainwashed into thinking they have to be that thin from supermodels and other celebrities. Melissa showed the dangers that can come from it, and it is awesome how she is trying to fight it to help out plenty of others.
ReplyDeleteThe websites that encourage people to lose weight by skipping meals are fine, since they have rights to spread their thoughts and it depends on people that whether they would like to take such method. But as for me, i really don't agree such way to lose weight. One girl in my high tried to lose weight by just eating one meal and an apple every day. She did surprised others when she lose about 35 pounds in few mouths. But as a result, she got anorexia and can not eat enough food for daily energy cost. She also had been sent to hospital for her poor digestion for food. I don't think the short-term happiness for losing weight deserve such great cost. There should be other methods to manage it rather than skip meals.
ReplyDeleteWhat is wrong with just eating healthy and working out? These unhealthy ways to lose weight is really sickening. I understand how people can feel pressure to lose weight but it gets to a point where losing weight is not attractive. Girls get so caught up in the media and celebrities who take photoshots of themselves which eventually get photoshopped. They need to get away from all that and respect their body for what it is.
ReplyDeletei think what the video shows is only one way to lose weight however this suggestion is impractical for lots of people. i do not agree with this method to lose weight by skipping the meal. actually there are plenty of other ways such as taking exercises and eating healthy,to lose weight.
ReplyDeleteBeing healthy and skinny is one thing, but being anorexic is another and much more dangerous. I don't think this site should be supporting being too skinny. People can get extremely sick from this. I think it is okay to eat healthy or a little bit less to loose some weight, but not eating all together is not good. There are more better, healthier ways to loose weight.
ReplyDeleteI think it's no secret that this obsession as a life style is extremely unhealthy. In my opinion, if a person goes on those sites to help them lose weight, I think that's lazy and ignorant; especially knowing how brutal it can get. I don't think these habits are ok at all. Hard work pays off and being pro an is a stupid way to cut corners to achieve what you want.
ReplyDeletePurposefully harming your body by starving it should never be encouraged to any degree and the fact that there is a site promoting and brainwashing girls to do just that is disturbing. The real root of the problem is how the media manipulates girls into making them take this drastic action to achieve "the perfect body." This just shows how influential the media has become in our country and how people can come to take advantage of those who succumb to it.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad that this is what our society has come to. The internet is great for sharing ideas and connecting with the rest of the world. But that doesn't mean all of these ideas are "good." We are bombarded with images of photo-shoped models and stars every day. These images make us want to look "perfect" and some people use methods such as anorexia to try and get there. I think this base of this problem is that we think it is normal to look like these stars. Once you get over the fact that things like personality is much more important than looks, then you'll be fine. Lose weight only to stay healthy and don't use unhealthy methods to get there.
ReplyDeleteStarvation is never a good way to lose weight. Instead, people should just eat healthy and work out. Being anorexic is a life-long battle that these websites shouldn't encourage. While I don't think it should be illegal to post things about being thin, I think promoting a mental illness is kind of messed up. There should be some boundaries as to what people say to each other.
ReplyDeleteThis is sickening. I had no idea that there were websites encouraging these habits and it is sad. There are many much safer ways to maintain healthy weights and doctors are willing to help you with such methods. Going to extremes like this is awful and truly hurts people. I can't believe these sites exist. They shouldn't.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's "wrong" for people to skip meals in order to lose weight. However, think eating more often and in smaller portions would probably be a more effective way to lose the weight. Going to extremes like anorexia could actually make it harder for your body to stay at a healthy weight later on. The websites that support this unhealthy behavior shouldn't be ilegal just like body building websites that support steroid use shouldn't be ilegal. It's the internet and free speech is one of the reason's it's so great.
ReplyDeleteI don't think this is a good thing at all. Intentionally skipping meals when you are hungry is a horrible way to lose weight. If they want to lose weight they should eat healthy and exercise rather than try to lose it the lazy and unhealthy way.
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