This & That, Ceci et Cela

In response to growing concern over anorexia and bulimia in local teenagers, the government of Buenos Aires has given fashion retailers six months to stock up on all sizes in its clothing lines for young women, including large sizes. Many chain-stores sell garments that range only from “extra-small” to no larger than “medium”. (The idea that these sizes may be delicately euphemistic was apparently lost on the regulators.) Offending retailers will be liable to fines of up to US$170,000 and closure if they re-offend. Although the statistics are sketchy, Argentina is reckoned to have one of the highest rates of eating disorders in the world, rivaled only by Japan and India (via Economist).