In a move that is being praised by the Quebec Health Ministry and others, clothing chain La Maison Simons removed from distribution and destroyed catalogs that featured "stick-thin" models.

"Peter Simons... took full responsibility for the offending catalog, which the Montreal Gazette described as featuring 'twig-thin' models who looked like 'strange stick-insect humans.' Simons said he had failed to 'exercise proper attention, empathy and especially sensitivity and social responsibility.'"

La Maison president Peter Simons received about 200 e-mail complaints about the catalog, which was distributed in newspapers and stores throughout Quebec. Source: The Toronto Star

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