Two years ago, so-called pro-ana websites that stress the importance of being very thin began to proliferate. They urged everyone to avoid eating for three weeks, listing various types of weight loss methods, from taking laxatives or diet pills to using enemas, and not even neglecting such details as how to self-induce vomiting.
兩年前，美國一群青少女更串組成「厭食少女幫」，她們強調「瘦骨如柴」的重要，教導大家要禁食 3 週，還列舉出各種減肥方式：從服用瀉藥、減肥藥、灌腸，到如何催吐等，鉅細靡遺。