Models must get down to an weight to keep their bosses . A new study says agencies pressure models to be a size . If the model is not skinny , she will not get jobs. The study is the ever to look at eating disorders among models. Lead researcher Dr Rachel Roberts said it was the first study to look into the between unhealthy eating and pressure from modeling agencies. She said: "We now have… scientific that eating disorders are a serious health problem in the modeling ."
Researchers questioned models and found that 81% of them were . Many led an unhealthy lifestyle to stay so their agencies would give them work. They missed , didn't eat for days, used diet and made themselves throw up. Over said their agency would not give them jobs they lost more weight. Agencies are not breaking the law, but eating disorders can lead to health problems. These include infertility, heart damage, weak , organ failure and even death. Teenagers want bodies like the models, which leads to more health .