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CBC Canada has a report on a law under consideration in France's lower house that would require models to meet a minimum body mass index standard.
The link between high fashion, body image and eating disorders on French catwalks may lead to a ban on super-skinny models.
Style-conscious France, with its fashion and luxury industries worth tens of billions of dollars, would join Italy, Spain and Israel, which all adopted laws against too-thin models on catwalks or in advertising campaigns in early 2013.
Under the proposed legislation, any model who wants to work has to have a body mass index (a type of height to weight ratio) of at least 18 and would be subject to regular weight checks.
The law would enforce fines of up to $79,000 [US] for any breaches, with up to six months in jail for any staff involved, French Socialist Party legislator Olivier Veran, who wrote the amendments, told newspaper Le Parisien.
The bill's amendments also propose penalties for anything made public that could be seen as encouraging extreme thinness, notably pro-anorexia websites that glorify unhealthy lifestyles and forums that encourage eating disorders.
Body Mass Index (BMI) is is a measure of relative size based on the mass and height of an individual.
c0lo's random thoughts:
- On one side: governments regulating the BMI... (large soda ban)... hmm?
- On the other side: how is this different from laws against public indecency, laws which are well-knitted into the fabric of westernized societies?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by arslan on Thursday April 09 2015, @04:42AM
I used to be fat, when I looked at the mirror back then it reminds me of all the health issues I'll get when I get older.. now that I'm slim and fit through a lifestyle change and I look into the mirror it reminds me of all the wonderful food that I ate and how it won't make it overweight... yes you can have your cake and eat it too, its achievable.
PS. I'll probably still get health issues when I'm older due to the other countless death agents (i.e. stress, pollution, depression, etc.), just not from being overweight.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 09 2015, @05:26AM
I'm fat. I don't like it, but it helps me cope. I have mega-stress in my life, and eating gives me a small sliver of relief. I will probably die "young". It may be sad, but for me, it's been worth it. I've been me. I've done amazing things by taking on some of that stress, and I feel like I've done my duty to God and country. I will die with no regrets.
(Score: 2) by SlimmPickens on Thursday April 09 2015, @05:53AM
I am actually loosing 4Kg/month but that's not what I was talking about.