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Menace of the internet sites urging teenagers to starve

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  1. tehnathan

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    By VANESSA ALLEN and DEAN HERBERT
    Last updated at 00:51am on 7th April 2008

    Children surfing the internet are being targeted by thousands of websites encouraging them to develop potentially fatal eating disorders.

    They display pictures of ultra-slim women along with tips on how to starve for days while convincing your parents that you are still eating.

    Campaigners compare them to prosuicide sites and are calling for them to be shut down.

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