Terms Everyone Should Know

Ed - short term/personification
of eating disorder

Ana - short term/personification of anorexia

Mia - short term/personification of bulimia

Pro-ana - positive belief of and advocation for anorexia

Pro-mia - positive belief of and advocation for bulimia

Thinspiration (or thinspo) - using pictures of thin people, many times celebrities or models, as inspiration to lose weight

Pro-ana (or pro-mia) sites - websites that encourage eating disorders, typically posting thinspo pictures, tips of disordered eating or other unhealthy weight loss behaviors,
and a community of others with the same unhealthy beliefs and encourage each other

SI - self injury

BMI - body mass index

CW - current weight

LW - lowest weight

HW - highest weight

GW - goal weight


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