Overturn the upcoming ban on the London 'negative' body image adverts

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

The upcoming ban on adverts depicting women and men in a healthy shape sets a dangerous precedent for the future for free rights of advertising. The women on the Tube is not of an unhealthy weight, the agency is simply using it as a way of promoting their product.

These adverts are not forcing anyone to do anything against their own free will and there has been a complete double standards with the 'Big is Beautiful' campaigns. Just as they do not promote obesity, these fitness models do not promote 'unrealistic' bodies of women and men at an unhealthily underweight physique. It seems that there is a greater acceptance to promote a heavier physique rather than attempting to curb the increasingly growing overweight population. This is ultimately wrong.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can't accept your petition because the issue you raise is not the responsibility of the Government or Parliament. It is the responsibility of the London Assembly.

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Timeline

14 Jun 2016	Petition opened for signatures
14 Jun 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Jun 2016

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