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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.”

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