<![CDATA[Jezebel: Slim Chance]]> http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: Slim Chance]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/slim chance http://jezebel.com/tag/slim chance <![CDATA[Scientist: Screening Models For Anorexia "Unnecessary"]]> Canada's Montreal Fashion Week just ended, and models were not allowed to walk the runway if they were too thin. But on LiveScience, Benjamin Radford writes that testing fashion models to see if they have an eating disorder or are anorexic is "an unnecessary, cosmetic fix." Radford notes that there is no way to physically "screen" models for anorexia — since it's a psychological disorder, the women would have to be asked a series of questions, which, argues Radford, "like drug use or any other topic the model may not want to admit to—could be easily evaded." And just figuring out if the models are heating healthily may not work, either. As he puts it:
While thinness is often associated with malnutrition, many thin (even anorexic) people are properly nourished—and even obese people can be malnourished. Not only is the health screening impractical, but in America, such measures might be illegal. An employer can't fire someone from a job or discriminate against that person because he or she has a disease.
True, but then we read this: More »
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