House debates
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Statements by Members
Fashion Industry
1:59 pm
Andrew Laming (Bowman, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I urge the fashion industry, after recent controversies around body image, to consider a stronger community code of conduct about the average BMI of models that they are using. Moving to the extreme end, we need to be mindful of the impact that it has on primary school children. Up to 80 per cent of girls at that age and teenagers have considered dieting. That distortion of body image needs to be— (Time expired)
Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
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