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•Research has not proven skinny models cause eating disorders.
•Eating disorders are caused by deep psychological problems.
•Skinny models play a role in progression of eating disorders but does not cause it.
•“ Doctors and psychologists treating patients with anorexia nervosa - a disorder characterized by an abnormal fear of becoming overweight - welcomed the government's efforts to fight self-inflicted starvation, but warned that its link with media images remains hazy” (Lauter).
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•               Lauter, Devorah. “France Seeks Ban on Skinny Model Ads.” CBNnews. 15 April 2008. The Associated Press. 18 April 20008.
• <http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/358005.aspx>.