Pro-Eating Disorder sites
Question: There are many web-sites that encourage people to treat Anorexia and Bulimia as a lifestyle choice, are these illegal?
Answer: As eating disorders such as Anorexia and Bulimia aren’t illegal, websites that provide information about these eating disorders aren’t illegal and the IWF is unable to do anything about them. However the Eating Disorders Association is working with Internet Service Providers to stop these sites in the UK.
Question: Where can I find information about preventing access to these sites?
Answer: Many filtering products will provide the option to block such web-sites, additionally, if you know the URL's of the web-sites, you can block them yourself through the filtering tools you have installed or if you do not have any installed, then there are limited filtering tools built into Internet Explorer and most other browsers. To access these tools, select tools on your Browser menu and select Internet Options, then select Content. You can then use the use RSCAi content advisor or add a specific URL.
You should be careful when setting up filtering software that you do not block access to sites with useful information.
Question: I suffer from an eating disorder or I know someone who does, who can I turn to?
Answer: Contact the Eating Disorder Association or your local GP for immediate assistance.
Page Created: Fri, March 31st, 2006
Page Modified: Mon, December 4th, 2006
