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The world and weight…it goes on and on…
It seems as though my inbox has been crammed over the past 10 days with stories about culture, size and weight. Here are some of the recent headlines including the good, bad and downright ugly.
Brigitte, top German women’s magazine bans models from magazine issues! In an effort to stamp out the size zero image of models and its effect on women (models are 23% thinner than regular women the magazine reports), Brigitte will replace models with regular people.
Now for the bad, Karl Lagerfield of Chanel responded to Brigitte’s empowered move by stating people do not want to see curvy models on the runway (along with several other ignorant comments!)
Ralph Lauren’s new advertisement featured an ultra thin photo shopped model sparking outrage. In s to criticism, Ralph Lauren threatened to sue citing copyright infringement to those web sites featuring the image.See for yourself: http://shine.yahoo.com/event/fallbeauty/image-of-ultra-thin-ralph-lauren-model-sparks-outrage-521480/
Lastly, prepare yourself for absolute absurdity and utter outrage. In Colorado, a 4 month old infant has been denied health care coverage because the insurance company considers him obese (considered a pre-existing condition). See full article here, http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13530098
It seems as though we make one step forward and take two steps backward.
Eating disorders are not necessarily caused by such discrimination and unrealistic images, but these types of behaviors don’t help. When are we going to learn that health is not determined by size and people’s weight is not for public judgment?
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