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French parliament approves measure against anorexic models

(3 Apr 2015) SHOTLIST(including transcript):- AP Television +FILE++ 1. Exterior GVs of French National Assembly AP Entertainment Paris, France, 3rd April 2015 2. Wide shot of French MP Olivier Veran walking inside National Assembly 3. Mid of French MP Olivier Veran talking to reporters 4. SOUNDBITE (French) Olivier Veran, MP: "When you have websites dedicated to helping you hide from your family, your doctor, your friends that you are not eating, throwing up after meals or taking laxatives, when you have websites detailing what is it to be a perfect anorexic by telling you how to ingest cotton balls, drink tea and let them swell in your stomach to block your appetite, we are faced with a problem. It is aimed at an audience of minors, they are weak and it is normal that authorities take steps to put an end to it" 5. Wide shot of of French MP Olivier Veran at stand 6. SOUNDBITE (French) Olivier Veran, MP: "The idea behind this law is not to send people to prison or fine them. The law will be dissuasive enough to make sure that the health of people working in the modeling industry is protected. It's not just about protecting the models but also teenagers because this body-image pressure also affects them and contributes to the emergence of eating disorders and tendencies to eat less and less." 7. Wide shot French MP Olivier Veran walks past camera AP Entertainment ++FILE++ Paris, 5 March 2015 8. GVS Lavin catwalk show at the recent Paris Fashion Week. AP Entertainment ++FILE++ Paris, 11 March 2015 9. GVS Louis Vuitton catwalk show at the recent Paris Fashion Week FRENCH PARLIAMENT APPROVES MEASURE AGAINST ANOREXIC MODELS France's Parliament has moved to make it a crime to use anorexic models or encourage anorexia, as authorities try to crack down on the glorification of dangerously thin women. Other countries including Israel and Spain have taken similar action. The French measure would only apply within France, but could have symbolic impact beyond. With its capital one of the most elegant cities on Earth - and home to the high profile Paris Fashion Week - the country has an outsized influence in setting style and image trends around the world. "It's not just about protecting the models but also teenagers, because this body-image pressure also affects them and contributes to the emergence of eating disorders and tendencies to eat less and less," said Olivier Veran, a neurologist and legislator who championed the anorexia measure. The lower house of Parliament adopted the amendment on models Friday (3rd April 2015), as part of a larger public health bill working its way through the legislature. The bill goes to a full vote next week, and then goes to the Senate. The amendment forbids anyone with a body mass index below a certain level from earning money as a model. The level - based on height and weight - would be defined later by decree if the law is definitively passed. Any modeling agency or person who pays a model below that index would face up to six months in prison and 75,000 euros ($80,000) in fines if convicted. "The idea behind this law is not to send people to prison or fine them," said Veran. "The law will be dissuasive enough to make sure that the health of people working in the modeling industry is protected." The measure's defenders say they are targeting modeling agencies and protecting the models from pressure to lose weight. These websites, Veran said, are "aimed at an audience of minors, they are weak and it is normal that authorities take steps to put an end to it." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...