Health: Fashion Models
Commons · Question 34012 · Tabled 26 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the physical shape of fashion models on the (a) mental and (b) physical health of women and girls.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 11 Mar 2025
Poor body image can be a common problem for women and girls, and that body image dissatisfaction is a factor in disordered eating. However, eating disorders are complicated mental health conditions caused by a complex interaction of biological, psychologi...