Government Should Ban Skinny Models To Curb Anorexia, Say Researchers

smoothjazz writes "Governments are justified to prevent very skinny models from walking the catwalk and ban photographs and advertisements suggesting that extreme thinness is attractive, according to a group of researchers who found that social and cultural environment influences on young women is largely responsible for the spread of chronic eating disorder."

Comments

Re:This is a problem in the US???

[benjamindees]

The study was only done in Europe.

So, as a simple and immediate solution to this problem, we only need to send half of obese American women to Europe in exchange for thin European women.

Re:Ban idiotic research first

[Farmer Tim]

celibate slashdotter

One of these words is redundant.