article_snippet: France has rejected imposing a ban on super-skinny fashion models - beause a law would risk discriminating against 'thin people' in the workplace.
article_snippet: Left-wing MPs had demanded six-month prison terms or fines of £60,000 for fashion bosses who 'glorify anorexia' by hiring underweight girls.
article_snippet: France has rejected imposing a ban on super-skinny fashion models.
article_snippet: a ban on super-skinny fashion models was called for by a Socialist politician who said prison sentences to be handed out to fashion bosses who employ a Socialist politician who said prison sentences to be handed out to fashion bosses who employ them .
article_snippet: Websites encouraging young girls to lose weight should also be banned.'
article_snippet: France said such rules would risk discriminating against 'thin people' There are now 40,000 people in France suffering from anorexia, around 90 per cent of whom are adolescents, according to the latest health ministry figures.
article_snippet: Spain has already barred models below a certain body mass index from the Madrid fashion shows.
article_snippet: And Brazil is considering demands to ban underage, underweight models from Brazil catwalks.
highlights_snippet: Socialist politician Olivier Veran said skinny models 'glorify anorexia'
  Demanded prison terms for fashion bosses hiring underweight girls .
  
highlights_snippet: But France has rejected the proposal, saying the proposal is unfair on thin people .
  