[Global Times Comprehensive Report] According to a report by the Korea Times on the 11th, as summer approaches, the "water fast" weight loss method is becoming more and more popular among Korean teenagers, and 18-year-old female student Kwon is one of them. In order to reach her

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] According to a report by the "Korea Times" on the 11th, as summer approaches, the "water fast" weight loss method is becoming more and more popular among Korean teenagers, and 18-year-old female student Kwon is one of them. In order to reach her target weight of 40 kilograms, she obtained nutrition by drinking only water, eating only nutritional supplements and a small amount of salt, and hoped to break her 12-day "water fast" record.

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Quan’s behavior is not an exception. Yonhap News Agency reported that many Korean netizens shared their fasting experiences, weight loss, and even methods to suppress appetite on social media. Although many people say that the dizziness caused by "water fasting" is more unbearable than hunger, there are still people who insist on fasting for nearly a month and lose more than 10 kilograms. At the same time, some hospital staff also posted that the number of people going to the hospital for treatment due to discomfort due to "water fasting" has increased.

According to reports, the "appearance supremacy" prevalent in Korean society is one of the reasons for extreme weight loss. A report released by the Korea National Health Insurance Corporation last year showed that the number of anorexia patients among Korean teenage women increased from 275 in 2018 to 1,874 in 2022. Korean psychologists pointed out that as excessively slender figures are promoted on Korean social media, some teenagers with weak self-esteem will try to gain a sense of accomplishment by losing weight. (Ren Yiran)