honestly diet culture in kpop is terrible. idols talk about being healthy, but with the way they talk about dieting and film themselves not eating makes starving seem glamorous when its really just miserable.
its definitely the pressure of having to look perfect in the kpop industry. dieting is a really quick way to look better on camera, so I can't blame them. It's just terrible for the body and makes fans want to copy their behaviour.
I agree. I still remember Woojin’s corn diet and being angry at the company/staff for having him go on it (basically, he only ate a small cup of plain corn a day and that was it). Then there’s IU and Jimin’s diets, both of which went way too far. Jin’s chicken breast diet (I think he pretty much exclusively ate chicken breasts for a full year?). Dare I mention Momo’s ice cube diet, where she ate only ice cubes for ten days in a row in order to meet the weight requirement to debut? She even mentioned that it was really scary and really hard later on.
Companies need to back off. Personally, I think a great idea would be for each company to get a professional dietitian. If the idol chooses to and wants to lose weight, they set up a meeting with said dietician to safety and slowly lose weight while still being healthy eating a balanced diet. These extreme ones are not healthy for the idols or the fans.
I agree. I still remember Woojin’s corn diet and being angry at the company/staff for having him go on it (basically, he only ate a small cup of plain corn a day and that was it). Then there’s IU and Jimin’s diets, both of which went way too far. Jin’s chicken breast diet (I think he pretty much exclusively ate chicken breasts for a full year?). Dare I mention Momo’s ice cube diet, where she ate only ice cubes for ten days in a row in order to meet the weight requirement to debut? She even mentioned that it was really scary and really hard later on.
Companies need to back off. Personally, I think a great idea would be for each company to get a professional dietitian. If the idol chooses to and wants to lose weight, they set up a meeting with said dietician to safety and slowly lose weight while still being healthy eating a balanced diet. These extreme ones are not healthy for the idols or the fans.
Ice cube diet????? That's just..............nothing
wtf
many idols definitely DO gain weight noticeably throughout promotion period
its a never ending cycle
weirdest part is that idols are quite lean and physically active so its not like their metabolism is low
when you're physically at a professional level like athletes ( idols are pretty close too ) its actually HARD to gain weight
being skinny is not unhealthy at all
not giving your body food to get skinny is very unhealthy
i wish they could just find a happy middle ground
hiring a proper medical dietitian should become a standard in kpop
once you start the cycle it's quite hard to get out of. and, I think that most idols diet so it creates are sort of mental pressure/culture because they want to be successful in their comeback and stuff sigh. most models starve before big fashion weeks too, even though they are already thin lol.
weirdest part is that idols are quite lean and physically active so its not like their metabolism is low
eyy dieting messes up your metabolism. I think starving also leads to bingeing so its easy to gain weight wuickly if they go from dieting to suddenly eating junk food.
true true. probably alot of idols binge on junkfood after dieting/comeback is over, so they gain noticeable weight. I know some idols have talked about how they ended up binging on stuff after comebacks, and its a common cycle.
true true. probably alot of idols binge on junkfood after dieting/comeback is over, so they gain noticeable weight. I know some idols have talked about how they ended up binging on stuff after comebacks, and its a common cycle.
i know starvation diets eventually lead to junk food binging, or worse, anorexia
thats why i use they could hire a proper dietitian to maintain their ideal weight all year round without putting their body through pain
shouldnt be that hard in a country full of college graduates
Because sometimes this said idols are bulimic because of the stress they go through they ended eating too much which lead them to gain weight a lot of idols idols shared these episodes of over eating it's a never ending cycle where they gain and lose weight all year long
I can most definitely agree with this. It’s so harmful not only to an idol’s health, but to a fan’s health as well if imitated. The mental aspect of it is concerning also. Fans may follow their behavior and do a lot of damage to themselves without realizing it. The unrealistic body standards is just out of this world, and it makes me sad for idols/fans affected alike.
That's a myth and unless someone has metabolic disease it doesn't fall off as much as people think
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