Finding Melissa uses the authenticity of experience to directly challenge the online pro-anorexia movement, providing an alternative voice that is equally powerful – yet far more constructive. 17 years of chronic anorexia bulimia - and the brutal consequences - might help discourage people from fixating on body image and providing more ammunition for an already lethal illness.

Just like nearly every article on Pro-Ana, this one is equally as sensationalist and misleading.

The most unacceptable flaw is comparing the blog of a young woman, who is sharing her experiences with those who understand her, to a website like Proanatips.com, which is run by a selfish person profiting on other people's misfortune.

I am sick of journalists giving their opinion on Pro-Ana as though it were fact, when they don't even understand the movement at all.