the world theres a bias towards skinny models it is an unwritten law and girls want to conform however bmi is measured according to a heightweight variant so it differs for different people it is important that the youth understand that it is all about being fit and toned and eating healthy and not about being waferthin fashion choreographer anu ahuja says anorexia and issues like that are not an epidemic in india as far as i have seen it is more of a disease of the west we are a nation where men want a little meat on women are we really curveloving veteran model nayanika chatterjee avers i have noticed that in the past couple of years designers have started catering to 12yearolds i wonder who else they could sell a size 2 or 4 outfit to indian women belong to sizes nowhere near those numbers this is one reason i quit walking for fashion weeks she adds that considering the indian fashion world is such a small industry we hardly have any laws and guidelines even if we come out with a law do you think it will work here considering were known for bending laws more than a law i think we should spread awareness being ultrathin is not a way to live according to the eating disorders service and research unit at kings college london between one and two per cent of young adult women worldwide suffer from eating disorders and most are 1525 years old it kills somewhere between 13 and 20 per cent of its victims while one would not want a woman to be glamorised by extreme thinness or fall prey to eating disorders is sanctioning stringent laws in the modelling world the only solution model amrit maghera says i dont think this law makes much sense a model can be skinny because of high metabolism and not because of cutting down on meals moreover in india i have not come across cases of anorexia or bulemia fashion facts the region government of madrid banned women with a bmi of less than 18 from participating in the fashion week cnn reported in 1996 30 per cent of women who had previously modelled were not allowed to participate in the fashion week in 2011 the british advertising standards authority asa blocked an advertisement for a clothing brand which featured a model whose ribs were showing in her bikini citing the campaign as socially irresponsible simikuriakosetimesgroupcom