House debates

Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Statements by Members

Fashion Industry

1:59 pm

Photo of Andrew LamingAndrew Laming (Bowman, Liberal Party) Share 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)

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