Buenos Aires
Hoping to counter the tremendous pressure in Argentina to be thin, the government of Buenos Aires has ordered clothing stores to carry larger sizes for teenage girls. Argentina suffers the world’s second highest rates of anorexia and bulimia, after Japan. Under the new measure, stores in Buenos Aires will have to carry six standard sizes, which supporters said would protect teens from the shame they now feel if they can’t fit into clothes designed for rail-thin models. Carmen Ferrari, owner of a popular fashion line, said no legislation could temper the nation’s obsession with weight. “People who want to be thin will find ways to do it,” she said.
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