Leading head attacks 'size zero' culture
Top girls' school describes fashion industry's use of ultra-thin models as deplorable
Anushka Asthana, education correspondent
Sunday November 19, 2006
The Observer
One of Britain's leading headteachers has attacked the fashion industry for its 'deplorable' obsession with ultra-thin sizes. Clarissa Farr, high mistress of St Paul's Girls' School in London, said it was 'grossly irresponsible' to spread the notion that being very thin was desirable, a fixation that meant body image was the greatest pressure facing teenage girls. She hoped the extremity of the 'size 00' phenomenon in America, equivalent to a size two dress here, would spark a backlash......
NHS must pay for fat children to get surgery
Anger at drugs watchdog ruling
· 'Stomach stapling' for most obese
Jo Revill, health editor
Sunday November 19, 2006
The Observer
The government's health watchdog is set to recommend that severely overweight children at risk of developing life-threatening diseases should be offered radical weight-loss surgery.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice), which is currently under fire for rationing Alzheimer's drugs, will shortly publish its long-awaited plans for the treatment of obesity in adults and children.
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