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France is getting serious about skinny! According to The Washington Post, the French National Assembly has approved a law that would make it a crime to promote extreme dieting. No more starvation chic! The fashion magazines in France are in an uproar, but the law’s alleged purpose is to combat anorexia. If the legislation continues to stand, guilty parties could face up to two years in prison or a fine as much as $47,000. The law’s targets reportedly are websites that promote ways to be thinner than thin. We, on the other hand, are for moderation in all things…
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[Source: “France Takes Aim at Cult of Thinness: Law Would Make It a Crime To Promote Extreme Dieting,” by Molly Moore and Corinne Gavard, Washington Post Foreign Service, Wednesday, April 16, 2008, p. A9.]
