Measure targets anorexic models

France’s Parliament has moved to make it a crime to use anorexic models or encourage anorexia, as authorities try to crack down on the glorification of dangerously thin women.

The measures would only apply within France, but could have impact beyond, because of its influence in setting style trends around the world.

The lower house of Parliament adopted the amendment on models Friday, as part of a larger public health bill working its way through the legislature. The bill goes to a full vote next week, and then goes to the Senate.

The amendment forbids anyone with a body mass index below a certain level — based on height and weight — from earning money as a model. Any modeling agency or person who pays a model below that index would face up to six months in prison and $80,000 in fines.