Health Minister Marisol Touraine said exposure to such images can lead “to a sense of self-depreciation and poor self-esteem that can impact health-related behavior,” per BBC.
About 600,000 young people are believed to suffer from eating disorders in France, according to AFP. After road accidents, eating disorders are reportedly the top cause of death among 15- to 24-year-olds in the country.
Earlier this year, France introduced another rule aimed at tackling the issue of eating disorders and to protect the health of models in the fashion industry. Under it, models in France have to provide a doctor’s note proving they are of healthy weight before they can work.
Getty Images recently announced that it would be banning retouched fashion images. Getty, the world’s largest provider of stock photos, said it would no longer be accepting images of “models whose body shapes have been retouched to make them look thinner or larger,” per The Observer.
Getty spokeswoman Anne Flanagan told NPR that the company’s decision was a “direct response” to France’s new rule.
About 600,000 young people are believed to suffer from eating disorders in France, according to AFP. After road accidents, eating disorders are reportedly the top cause of death among 15- to 24-year-olds in the country.
Earlier this year, France introduced another rule aimed at tackling the issue of eating disorders and to protect the health of models in the fashion industry. Under it, models in France have to provide a doctor’s note proving they are of healthy weight before they can work.
Getty Images recently announced that it would be banning retouched fashion images. Getty, the world’s largest provider of stock photos, said it would no longer be accepting images of “models whose body shapes have been retouched to make them look thinner or larger,” per The Observer.
Getty spokeswoman Anne Flanagan told NPR that the company’s decision was a “direct response” to France’s new rule.
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