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Media, Advertising And Eating Disorders

EDM number 151 in 2010-12, proposed by Jo Swinson on 03/06/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Food, Health education and preventive medicine and Media.

That this House notes that 1.6 million people in the UK are affected by eating disorders; further notes that an increasing body of research indicates that the media has a role in providing a social context for both the development and maintenance of eating disorders; further notes that the Royal College of Psychiatrists suggests that the irresponsible use of digital enhancement or airbrushing is one aspect of this problem; urges the Government to establish a forum for the development of an editorial ethical code regarding the media's portrayal of body critical issues and the Committee on Advertising Practice to introduce a kitemark scheme to declare the extent to which digital retouching technology has been used to create overly-perfected and unrealistic images of women and men, as suggested by the Royal College; and supports the promotion of media literacy within schools as outlined by the eating disorders charity Beat in its new manifesto.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jo Swinson03/06/2010East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratProposed
Jeremy Corbyn03/06/2010Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Alasdair McDonnell03/06/2010Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Kelvin Hopkins03/06/2010Luton NorthLabourSeconded
John Leech03/06/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley03/06/2010Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Mike Hancock07/06/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jonathan Edwards07/06/2010Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Simon Wright07/06/2010Norwich SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Julian Huppert07/06/2010CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams07/06/2010Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn07/06/2010Newport WestLabourSigned
Alan Meale07/06/2010MansfieldLabourSigned
William McCrea08/06/2010South AntrimDUPSigned
Lorely Burt08/06/2010SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Williams08/06/2010ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Andrew George08/06/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan08/06/2010FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Martin Caton08/06/2010GowerLabourSigned
Annette Brooke08/06/2010Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Caroline Lucas08/06/2010Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Margaret Ritchie14/06/2010South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jim Dobbin14/06/2010Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Michael Crockart16/06/2010Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley17/06/2010Barnsley CentralLabourWithdrawn
John Pugh24/06/2010SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell30/06/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
David Tredinnick30/06/2010BosworthConservativeSigned
Lady Hermon12/07/2010North DownIndependentSigned

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