French lawmakers are weighing a ban on extremely thin models. New legislation debated in Parliament Tuesday would require modeling agencies to get medical certificates from models proving that their ...

PARIS --France's Parliament has moved to make it a crime to use anorexic models or encourage anorexia, as authorities try to crack down on the glorification of dangerously thin women. Other countries ...

France is considering banning the use of anorexic models in the fashion industry. Legislation debated Tuesday in France's Parliament would require modeling agencies to get medical certificates from ...

After years of speculation about France's impending ban on "super-skinny" models, lawmakers in the country have finally adopted a bill that makes medical certificates a must-have accessory in the ...

France follows Italy, Spain and Israel, which all adopted laws against skinny models on catwalks or in advertising campaigns in early 2013. The measure is part of a wider crackdown on eating disorders ...

PARIS --France could become the latest country to ban the use of underweight fashion models. France's health minister says she supports a proposal that would criminalize advertising that features ...