Into France came into force the law according to which it is forbidden to employ models with too small weight. About it reports BBC.<"14>" to
Now each girl applying for work in model agency, has to will to provide the certificate of a body weight index (a ratio of growth to weight), and the indicator has to be within norm, that is, not lower than 18,5. It is thus specified that the reference will work two years.
Thus Ministry health care France plans to fight against food violation at inhabitants of the country who seek to grow thin too strongly, seeking to come nearer to unattainable ideals of beauty.
For violation of the law to the employer are threatened by a penalty to 75 thousand euros or imprisonment about six months.
Besides, on October 1 the law according to which the retouched photos have to have now the corresponding mark of retouchée will come into force. "Photos of models with unrealistic figures result in self-abasement and a bad self-assessment of young people that can affect their health" — the Minister of Health noted France Marisol Touraine.