Soon, the French could begin handing down jail sentences in connection with the promotion or encouragement of anorexic behavior. The draft law, proposed by French senator Valerie Boyer, is aimed at halting images and messages in the media that glorify excessive thinness.

"While not seeking to target bona fide dieting, the law would punish any encouragement to make 'people deprive themselves of food in order to get excessively thin', or than constituted an 'open apology of anorexia.'"

Penalties for breaking the law would include up to three years in jail and a nearly $60,000 fine if the message or image resulted in someone's death from anorexia. Simply inciting anorexic behavior would carry a penalty of two years in jail. Source: Telegraph UK

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