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Time for the Fashion Industry to Confront Eating Disorders

On Jan. 9, 2007, the physician-led Academy for Eating Disorders released its recommended guidelines for the fashion industry, which has come under fire for having dangerously thin models on the runway. The guidelines include that models should be a least 16 years old and should have a body mass index (BMI) of 17.5 or greater […]

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