Last updated: 17 february, 2010 - 12:39 GMT
Spain tackles 'cult of the body' with TV ad restrictions
The message the government wants to give its young generation is that you don't have to be skinny to be successful
A new law passed by the Spanish government will ban television adverts which promote certain beauty treatments and plastic surgery before 10pm.
It was prompted by concern that such pressure was fuelling a rise in eating disorders and complexes in young people.
The BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports from Madrid.
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Should governments ban advertising for plastic surgery and slimming products?
Julie Bindel is a feminist campaigner and writer for Britain's Guardian newspaper and Liz Dale is one of the directors of the Harley Medical Group, one of the leading cosmetic surgery clinics in London.
Europe Today's Robyn Bresnahan began by asking Julie Bindel whether she thought the Spanish law was a good one.
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First broadcast 16 February 2010
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