Italy loves fatties, too (but japan doesn't)

Well I think we've all seen this picture before, and we've all heard about Madrid banning severely underweight models on their runways, but glad to see that the trend is catching on. And Milan is a much more important city to enact a law like this in: models with BMIs lower than 18.5 or younger than 16 years of age are no longer allowed to do their little thing on the catwalk. Also banned is make-up to create dark undereye circles, because it is considered part of the 'anorexic look'. You can tell they had stylists on the panel.

And meanwhile, two Japanese politicians have vowed to lose weight to encourage others to lead a healthier lifestyle. The process (including photos of their bellies) will be posted on a web log that I can't seem to find.

Remember, folks, the ratio of overweight to malnourished people in this world is 5:3...