Latzer Yael, Adatto Rachel, Neumark-Sztainer Dianne
School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Science, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Eating Disorders Institution, Rambam, Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Dialogues Health. 2022 Jan 25;1:100001. doi: 10.1016/j.dialog.2022.100001. eCollection 2022 Dec.
Preventing the onset of eating disorders and disordered eating pathology is crucial. While these conditions have a multi-factorial etiology, socio-cultural norms, particularly the media, contribute greatly. Policy and legislative action are warranted to change harmful media images. To the best of our knowledge, Israel was the first country to tackle the problem of unrealistic and unhealthy images in the media through legislation by initiating and passing an innovative law. The "Knesset," the Israeli Parliament, voted in December 2012 to pass new legislation that forbids the appearance of underweight models (BMI of 18.5 or less) in commercial advertising. The law further requires that if a graphic editing program has been used to reduce the dimensions of a model in advertising photographs, this fact must be clearly indicated. The purpose of this article is to describe the law; the process and obstacles to creating and passing the law in the Knesset; national and international reactions to this Israeli law; and the challenges of implementing (enacting and enforcing) this law in Israel. Given that other countries are implementing similar policies, additional legal approaches are described, including ideas for further research on how to enact, enforce, and evaluate the impact of such laws.
预防饮食失调和紊乱饮食病理学的发生至关重要。虽然这些病症的病因是多方面的，但社会文化规范，尤其是媒体，对此有很大影响。有必要采取政策和立法行动来改变有害的媒体形象。据我们所知，以色列是第一个通过立法来解决媒体中不现实和不健康形象问题的国家，它发起并通过了一项创新法律。以色列议会于2012年12月投票通过了新立法，禁止体重过轻的模特（身体质量指数为18.5或更低）出现在商业广告中。该法律还进一步要求，如果在广告照片中使用了图形编辑程序来缩小模特的尺寸，必须清楚标明这一事实。本文的目的是描述该法律；在以色列议会制定和通过该法律的过程及障碍；国内外对以色列这项法律的反应；以及在以色列实施（颁布和执行）该法律所面临的挑战。鉴于其他国家也在实施类似政策，本文还介绍了其他法律途径，包括关于如何颁布、执行此类法律以及评估其影响的进一步研究思路。
