Pro eating disorder websites

There are some websites out there that promote or encourage people to have eating disorders (like anorexia and bulimia) and give an unhealthy image about body weight. These sites can be disturbing to come across and can influence how some young people behave. Because the disorders themselves aren’t illegal, the websites talking about them cannot be illegal. But the Eating Disorders Association is working with internet service providers to help ban these sites in the UK and protect you from what they are saying. It is possible to block these sites if you have filtering software on your computer. There are some filtering tools in your normal internet browser and you can use these if you want to block a specific web address. To use this you can click on ‘tools’ on your browser menu and then click on ‘internet options’, then choose ‘content’.

If you or someone you know has been affected by an eating disorder or a website about this, please go to the who can I tell section.