ISRAEL's new law banning unhealthily thin models has come into
effect. The new legislation, which was first passed in March last
year, bans models with a body mass index - a calculation based on
height and weight - of less than 18.5 from appearing in adverts.
This means that a model who is 5-foot-8 can weigh no less than 119
pounds (8.5 stone).
The law also requires publications and brands to disclose when
they use manipulated images of models to make them look thinner
than they really are, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Additionally, models will have to provide medical proof of their
weight when they go up for castings.
Vogue launched The Health Initiative in May last year,
a pledge among all international editions to solely use models "who
are healthy and help to promote a healthy body image".
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