France bans extremely thin fashion models

France BANS extremely thin fashion models

after Spain, Italy and Israel. 

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   At last France implement the law which bans featuring extremely thin fashion models. Though the ban was announced earlier, the law  came into effect this week.

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According to the ban that came into effect on Friday, models will need to provide a doctor's certificate attesting to their overall physical health, with special regard to their body mass index (BMI) - a measure of weight in relation to height, according to BBC report.

The Ministry of Health in france says the aim of the ban is to fight eating disorders and inaccessible ideals of beauty.

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Digitally altered photos will also have to be labelled and images, where a model's appearance has been manipulated, will need to be marked "photographie retouchee" (retouched photograph).

According to the new law, the employers who are found breaking the law could face fines of up to 75,000 euros ($82,000) and face up to six months jail sentence.

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France is not the first country to legislate on underweight models - Italy, Spain and Israel have all done so.

Anorexia affects between 30,000 to 40,000 people in France, 90 per cent women, according to health ministry figures. The ban came after Spain and Italy had implemented their own version of the law.