Australia latest to wave away waif-thin models

[Doondoo]

Sydney- Australia has joined Italy and Spain in refusing to allow very thin women to model clothes. Organizers of Australian Fashion Week said Sunday they were adopting healthy weight guidelines for models.

"We don't want to see young girls hurting themselves in any way," Fashion Week organizer Simon Lock told national broadcaster ABC.

The initiative follows calls from the Australian Medical Association (AMA) for a ban on waif-thin fashion models.

"Body image and self esteem among teenagers and young women in particular are heavily influenced by models in magazines and on TV," AMA president Mukesh Haikerwal said. "The pursuit of the perfect look leads to a whole range of health threats such as eating disorders, dangerous dieting habits, smoking and depression."


http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/36469.html

[all.of.me]

1. "The pursuit of the perfect look..."

That's the problem! Society thinks that extremely skinny is 'perfect.' That should have been worded differently for the article even...

Nevertheless, I am really glad to see this, as my 16 year old is very body conscious. My own mother always told me I was too fat. I am 5 feet tall, and I weighed 90 pounds unti l got to college, starving myself to get thin, although I was already a stick. My daughter has my exact body, and at 110 or 115, she looks great. I can't imagine what I really looked like at 90!