Girls under 16 'should not model'
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Girls under the age of 16 should not model at London Fashion Week, an inquiry recommends.
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Petra Nemcova knows what it's like to struggle to stay thin and continue modeling. "I'm naturally more curvy, so I always had to lose weight," the 27-year-old Czech supermodel says in People magazine's Oct. 2 issue, on newsstands Friday. "I took laxatives. I went through all of it just to be able to model."
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A major Brazilian fashion event has moved to bar models under the age of 16, part of a national effort to increase awareness about eating disorders following the death of a 21-year-old model from anorexia last month.
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Children under 2 years old should  not be given over-the-counter cough and cold medicines because  they are too dangerous for that age group, U.S. health  authorities advised on Thursday.
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Tall, thin teenage girls who put on a growth spurt at puberty are at highest risk of breast cancer - and milk may be the culprit, researchers suggest today.
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Sweet alcoholic drinks aggressively marketed to young people are anything but "cool and fashionable" and are luring troubling numbers of teens &#151; especially girls &#151; to engage in underage drinking, the American Medical Association said Thursday.
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Models aged under 16 will be banned from London Fashion Week after a report issued on Friday called for them to show a health certificate before being allowed on the catwalk.
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Two well-known British actresses have weighed into the debate over ultra-thin models and celebrities, criticizing what they say is a trend that could have a damaging impact on young girls.
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India does not want waif-like young   women sashaying down the catwalk and acting as role models for   thousands of girls who are starving themselves to get svelte   figures, the Indian health minister said.
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The Miss Spain beauty contest has  changed its rules to allow mothers to compete after its  decision to dethrone a 22-year-old beauty queen when it emerged  she had a child met with national outrage in February.
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The staff of the Consumer Product Safety Commission is recommending that the government not ban the sale of new, adult-sized all-terrain vehicles for use by children under 16.
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Organisers of London Fashion Week are under pressure to follow Spain's example by banning excessively skinny models from the catwalk.
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There are fears younger women with osteoporosis may miss out on treatment under new NHS guidance.
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Milan fashion week is resisting calls for  a ban on underweight models amid a debate on super-thin girls  and eating disorders that has gripped the public but elicits  bored yawns from designers.
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An underground subculture of teenage girls who bond over their eating disorders and glorify bone-thin celebrities has surfaced on the Internet, in a growing trend that experts say frustrates treatment.
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Banning ultra-thin models from the runways might be the next fashion trend, but it's one that the fashion industry in London is in no hurry to follow.
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By Madeline Baro Diaz, Jerome Burdi, Jennifer Gollan and Juan Ortega, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 3--The message was clear: No child molesters allowed.   The 2005 rape and murder of a 9-year-old Central Florida girl at the hands of a convicted sex offender shocked the nation.