03-31-2007, 12:42 PM
Quote:Online, the countdown continues daily: "HipsterXx forever" hopes to drop to 79 pounds by spring break; "Diet Soda Chick" counts calories before her prom; and hundreds of teens join the "Skinny by Summer07" group at the social networking site Xanga. For today's generation, dieting is no longer a private affair. They count calories online, set diet goals online and share -- often harmful -- weight-loss tips online. The troubling yet understudied trend started a decade ago and has expanded with the growth of social networking sites...
Extreme dieting sites started in the mid-1990s, mainly as pages dedicated to "promoting" the anorexic or polemic lifestyle. In recent years, users began moving to more mainstream social networking sites including Xanga and LiveJournal, setting up individual blogs detailing their diets or using mantras including "hunger hurts, but starvin' works."...
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