Perceived social pressures to be thin in China are not only driving an increase in eating disorders such as bulimia, but also a whole industry that encourages and enables them.
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NewsChina
Updated Nov.1
Perceived social pressures to be thin in China are not only driving an increase in eating disorders such as bulimia, but also a whole industry that encourages and enables them. According to a recent report by China Comment, a Party-run news journal, more are turning to online chat groups that advocate bulimia as a method to lose weight. People share experiences and sell medications and devices, such as 90-centimeter-long “professional” tubes to induce vomiting. Experts warned of the mental and physical harm of bulimia, especially to minors. Netizens chastised society’s blind worship of slimness and discrimination against overweight people.
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