Thigh gap

[1] The medical community and female-empowerment advocates have also commented critically on the subject,[14] and the U.S. National Eating Disorders Association launched a website to promote healthy body image and attitudes to food and weight.

[15] Australian plus-size model Robyn Lawley criticized the thigh gap trend, denouncing it as "just another tool of manipulation that other people are trying to use to keep me from loving my body".

[16] Target Corporation apologized after Cassey Ho discovered[17] that a photo of a model had a photoshopped thigh gap for a girl's bathing suit ad.

[19] Old Navy subsequently stated that they do not use any photo-editing techniques to alter the apparent shape of their products, but they do sometimes use pins on clothing to adjust how it fits a mannequin.

[23] Geneticist Sylvia Pagán Westphal was inspired to write an opinion piece on the thigh gap after her daughter brought the trend to her attention and was appalled by the results of her Google search for the term.