clipped from: drudgereport.com 
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The organizers of New York's fashion shows on Friday issued guidelines to tackle the problem of too-skinny models but stopped well short of banning them from the catwalks as fashion houses have done in Milan.
The Council of Fashion Designers of America, or CFDA, recommended that models with eating disorders seek treatment, young models work limited hours, healthy food be supplied backstage and smoking and alcohol be banned.
The CFDA, which organizes the semi-annual Fashion Weeks in New York, said its guidelines were "about awareness and education, not policing."
"Therefore, the committee is not recommending that models get a doctor's physical examination to assess their health or body-mass index to be permitted to work," the CFDA said in a statement. "Eating disorders are emotional disorders that have psychological, behavioral, social, and physical manifestations, of which body weight is only one."
