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  1. May 3, 2012 · By ABC News. May 3, 2012, 1:01 AM. May 3, 2012 -- The New Jersey woman who has denied charges she allowed her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth has gained national attention for her own ...

  2. Tanning dependence or tanorexia (a portmanteau of tanning and anorexia) [1] is a syndrome where an individual appears to have a physical or psychological dependence on sunbathing or the use of ultraviolet (UV) tanning beds to darken the complexion of the skin. [2] Compulsive tanning may satisfy the definition of a behavioral addiction as well ...

  3. May 3, 2012 · The case is prompting new attention to "tanorexia" -- an addiction to tanning -- that some speculate Krentcil, 44, may have, ABC News reported. The owner of the tanning salon that Krentcil reportedly frequented said that the mom tanned about 20 times a month, and about five days a week.

  4. May 4, 2012 · The so-called New Jersey tanning mom said she is "innocent" of bringing her daughter into a tanning salon, but experts are weighing in on the dangers of anyone exposed to ultraviolet-A light from ...

  5. I have lived and survived through "tanorexia" and I know it to be real. I think that the beauty trend of "having a tan glow" is pushing people towards unhealthy tanning practices that can lead to "tanorexia." Instead, we should be promoting healthy beauty standards of naturally fair skin and help save lives.

  6. Jan 5, 2011 · Twenty-two-year-old Ashley Jackson, her mom and indoor tanning go way back: Jackson can remember being a be-goggled 6- or 7-year-old, waiting in the room as her mom soaked up the artificial rays.

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  8. ABC News on the Tanning Mum case. Doctors raised the issue of Tanorexia (tanning addiction)

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