What's Thinspo?

Thinspo is an abbreviation of Thinspiration, the inspiration to become thin. This is also known as ProAna (Pro anorexia). This is more common within teenage girls but it is taking over social networking sites such as Twitter and Tumblr.

Its obvious that such sites cause concern as anorexia and other extreme methods of weight loss such as bulimia are classed as eating disorder and categorized as a mental illness, therefore these sites are effectively promoting mental illness as some sort of weight loss method.

There are numerous amounts of websites, blogs, forums, books, phone applications etc. that aid people in weight loss but these sites take weight loss to an extreme.

If you have ever come across a thinspo site, you will have noticed there is a general theme. They are completely made up of fiction. Nowhere on these sites is there any 'science' as such and there are definitely no tips or information on how to lose weight in a healthily way.

These site are purely aimed at teenagers between the age of 13 to about 21, and cater for a majority of females. Although the sites don't mention who the site is actually for other than 'people who want to be thin' it is apparent that these sites are made by young women who aspire to be thin and who suffer from an eating disorder. This is suggested through the lack of facts and common sense and the vast amount of pictures of very young thin women.

This blog is to raise awareness of some of these sites and what they include but it will also bring to attention the facts of what these 'thinspo' tips will really do to your body. This blog will also give you an insight to the many ways in which you can lose weight healthily and will inform you of how to build a healthy metabolism and the importance of BMI.