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----------------------------------------------- The Skinny on Size Zero and the Real Dangers of BMI What does it take to keep the beautiful healthy, and let the healthy be beautiful? by, Anna Gosline 17 April 2007 Ever since 98-pound Uruguayan model Luisel Ramos dropped dead at an August fashion show, critics around the world have been calling for an end to the uber-thin trend in catwalkers. So far it has worked – kind of. The media fallout over Ramos – who at 5’9” had a body mass index (BMI) of just 14.5 – resulted in fashion-week organizers in New York, Milan and Madrid banning girls with BMIs below the World Health Organization’s lowest “normal” score of 18.5. Yet even as headlines fuss over bids to ban size-zero models, advertisements continue to idolize them. There are two separate… http://www.inklingmagazine.com/articles/thin-is-in/
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