article_snippet.sent: France today voted to punish anyone who 'incites' people to become dangerously thin with prison  and huge fines.
article_snippet.sent: In a drastic step which will be studied closely in Britain, MPs particularly highlighted the irresponsibility of fashion websites which encourage women to keep women weight as low as possible.
article_snippet.sent: Now these ‘pro-anorexia’ sites will face a year in prison and a fine equivalent to just over £7,000.
article_snippet.sent: Unhealthy: French MPs have voted to punish anyone who 'incites' people to become dangerously thin with a year in prison and fines of up to £7,000 weeks after rejecting  a ban on super-skinny models .
article_snippet.sent: It singled out those who 'provoke people to excessive thinness by encouraging prolonged dietary restrictions that could expose people to a danger of death, or directly impair people health.'
article_snippet.sent: Around 40,000 people suffer from Anorexia in France, the vast majority women and teenage girls.
article_snippet.sent: Maud Olivier and Catherine Coutelle, the MPs who proposed the law, said in a joint statement that 'certain sites known as pro-Ana can push people into a vicious circle of anorexia and authorities cannot do anything about it.'
article_snippet.sent: Anorexia has one of the highest mortality rates of a psychiatric disorder and is extremely difficult to treat.
article_snippet.sent: Olivier Veran also proposed a new law that punish the 'glorification of anorexia', especially online.
highlights_snippet.sent: Anyone 'inciting' extreme thinness faces prison and fines of up to £7,000 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: New law voted through by MPs to prevent the 'vicious circle of anorexia'
  Condition affects 40,000 people in France and has very high mortality rate .