Somi's BMI is even lower than supermodels'

Maybe

She is concerned on her psychical cause many westerns singer have fine boby now

Look at olivia rodrigo, zendaya....

Somi is obessed with standard beauty korean since 2020

yeah she has working out too much lately but she had gotten a bit too slim

interesting

dont athletes have a bmi of like 8 ? it might not be cause for concern.

I'm more amazed she's still claiming 172cm. She's like 166cm at most then that BMI won't be as concerning.

Not really. My bmi is 13. Besides lack of stamina I'm pretty ok health wise.

Friends who have an even lower bmi than me are very active in college so ig it depends on the person.

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dont athletes have a bmi of like 8 ? it might not be cause for concern.

8?? 8 seems crazy. As far as I know a BMI of 10 and under is considered acutely life threatening, depending on the person it can go down to 9 but that range is concerning everywhere. The lowest "regular" I've seen is like 13 and that's for child gymnasts. Ski jumpers are among the lightest athletes and they are required to have 18.5 minimum to compete.

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8?? 8 seems crazy. As far as I know a BMI of 10 and under is considered acutely life threatening, depending on the person it can go down to 9 but that range is concerning everywhere. The lowest "regular" I've seen is like 13 and that's for child gymnasts. Ski jumpers are among the lightest athletes and they are required to have 18.5 minimum to compete.

im mixing up bmi with body fat. Ive heard of male athleats with 6% body fat cause they are mostly muscle, and 12% body fat for women . But ive also read BMI isn't the best indicator for health.

That's too low!

People can tell me what they want and say I am body shaming or what ever but someone who has such a low bmi isn’t healthy. Knowing the K-Pop industry and how many kpop idols and trainees have talked about the heavy dieting, she most definitely not reached this by eating like a normal adult or eating enough.

Also for those people who use the videos of idols eating on camera to prove that they are living healthy: yes they might eat a lot but they move and practice so much that what they show what they are eating is not enough to reach the min. of calories needed. Also a lot of former idols have complained about the dieting.

I am pretty sure she is fine cause she seems to be doing it healthily.. on top of that her family is very cautious about her health so I am sure she is doing fine..

BMI isnt an exact indicator for many reasons anyways

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People can tell me what they want and say I am body shaming or what ever but someone who has such a low bmi isn’t healthy. Knowing the K-Pop industry and how many kpop idols and trainees have talked about the heavy dieting, she most definitely not reached this by eating like a normal adult or eating enough.

Also for those people who use the videos of idols eating on camera to prove that they are living healthy: yes they might eat a lot but they move and practice so much that what they show what they are eating is not enough to reach the min. of calories needed. Also a lot of former idols have complained about the dieting.

I don't think this is body shaming.

We all know that idols can go way too far with their diets, it's normal to be worried sometimes...

Mine is 16. Im a living skeleton.

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I don't think this is body shaming.

We all know that idols can go way too far with their diets, it's normal to be worried sometimes...

A lot of times when you talk about the unhealthy body expectations of K-Pop people gaslight you and say that you are body shaming while so many kpop idols have talked about this and experienced heavy eating disorders. A lot of people think that one is hating on the idols themselves while a lot of people are calling out the standards

BMI is still used as a general tool by doctors to estimate if your weight is within normal parameters. It is not accurate for people with a lot of muscle mass (athletes etc) bc muscles weigh more than fat and their BMIs will look a lot higher. It is also not as accurate for very short or very tall people. None of that applies to Somi.

According to her BMI she's clearly underweight and seems to be very proud of it which I find pretty worrying. Also considering she's posting it online for the positive feedback (goals!) and for her young fans to see and want to emulate. It's not a good look.