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."

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Re:Good luck, because...

[Beardo the Bearded]

Okay.

I've got an eight-year-old girl. Every day I tell her that she's smart and strong and brave and beautiful, and that I love her, and that I'm proud of her. We've told her how they use computers to make models look different than in real life. (The Fotoshop by Adobé ad is great)

Yet for all the work we do to tell her how incredible and awesome she is, there's a constant barrage of ads screaming that she's ugly and dumb and girls are wimpy.

Re:What if they are skinny for other reasons?

[toadlife]

Three that I know off the top of my head:

Cost per capita (The U.S spends on average, double what Western nations with socialized systems spend)
Infant mortality rate (The U.S. ranks 34, right behind Cuba)
Life expectancy (The U.S. is again in the 30s and again behind communist Cuba)

Re:Actuarially, no.

[Smauler]

Of course people are society's responsibilty. I live in the UK, and I do like the NHS.

Some people I know use the NHS as emotional support. These people are not ill, either mentally, or physically. They just like seeing their doctor every so often.

Some people I know use the NHS every time they get a cold - literally. The doctor tells them to piss off (not in so many words, but I wish he would), and they go home happy.

When I tell these people that that's where your tax is going, they don't get it. When I tell them that's where my tax is going, they still don't get it.

The people who are ill are not the the problem. The people who are fine and think they can use a "free" service as much as they like are.

Re:Actuarially, no.

[Zontar The Mindless]

Then again, it is still better than a government run system, as I at least have choices of carriers and coverage.

I'll just keep using the Swedish *evil* government-run *evil* healthcare system that puts an affordable clinic and pharmacy in nearly every borough of Stockholm, thanks.

Who needs a false "choice" amongst "carriers" (= middle-men/profiteers) when I've already got a better deal than any US insurance company ever has given or is ever going to give me?