UK Government to tackle airbrushed ads

Lynne Featherstone, the UK's equalities minister, is to host a summit with media and fashion industry executives in the autumn, to tackle the issue of airbrushing in magazines and advertising campaigns.

The round table is part of Featherstone's "body confidence" initiative that is campaigning for airbrushed images to carry a kitemark to show they are not real. Featherstone believes airbrushed images found in magazines and advertisements are causing a public health crisis among young boys and girls, brought about by over-exposure of skinny models.