Worst KPOP Diets That Went Viral Among KPOP Fans

[@ayelen3981]

The managers that told momo to lose weight in just a one week should face consequences. That diet could have killed her

[@Smr8115]

Exactly. That is insane. Practically no water and no food for a week??? She is lucky she didn’t die. Just wow.

[@suyeesia7770]

@@Smr8115 yes

[@tzuyuchewynmixxtwiceniziu]

But after that she crave for jokbal all the time haha. Good thing her body was very ok now. Until now she go in gym

[@asseylum_2.012]

Yeah, should face a jail time.

[@everythingsfinett3903]

She also exercised…

[@karajam7]

The standards in kpop are almost impossible to reach, and even the people who do reach them are criticized for being to “perfect” It’s annoying much idols have to go through just to please the “fans” (which mostly are fake if they want them to lose a lot of weight) It’s dangerous and sad to see that they have to starve themselves just to sometimes get targeted for being too skinny

[@aestheticcat8976]

This!!

[@Asrahahahaha]

If they do achieve the perfect body they r criticized and if they don't still they r criticized. I mean what should they do. It hurts my heart thinking of these things :(

[@kpopscenario1406]

ikrrr

[@ThisBoby]

woonyoung seems get the hate being to perfect

[@besassyxo]

exactly this. they lose the weight only to receive hate for it. it’s nuts!

[@owen823]

I always say this, but the people that made Momo *literally* starved herself for over a week, while doing tons of cardio, should be charged with a crime. She easily could have died! The fact that a group of adults made an impressionable young girl starve herself by leveraging her career is criminal. She looks very strong and healthy now, and she looks better than ever. Does nobody have a brain at JYPE? Do they think people want to see their idols frail and dying? It's astonishing to me that this event isn't enough for news outlets to blow up, and criminal investigations to happen.

[@alishaavale4298]

Jype back then was really toxic but I can see they are trying to treat their idols better now

[@dreamies9407]

Yeah, exactly!!! I think the same

[@darthsidious9814]

You should understand that they didn’t ask her to eat ice. It’s been said at least a million times. They told her to weigh a certain amount and gave a deadline. Momo was the one who ate ice on her own to hit that number. It was her personal choice. As a once it is sad to hear she went through this traumatic experience, but she wasn’t forced to eat ice cubes. She could’ve substituted that for Low calorie foods.

[@getoverhereloser]

@@darthsidious9814 It's just that's an unreasonable amount of weight to lose in such a short time. So the people who told to lose that weight definitely implied she should starve herself to do so.

[@darthsidious9814]

@@getoverhereloser they didn’t imply anything, because the deadline was far away. Momo was the one who slacked off and left her weight loss till the last min. I hate the whole system of guaging a person by wright though, they should all transition to body fat percentage

[@thebtwc6499]

Momo still doesn't like drinking a lot of water nor ice now. The members would bring her water every night because it's not good to rarely drink water but it's as if Momo had a bad memory of it that's why she doesn't drink it.

[@yorunox]

My mother is the same. When she was younger, she water fasted as well, trying to be skinnier (she was always slender).. she can't stand water up to this day and it makes her nauseous

[@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736]

@@yorunox I hate to break it to you, but your mother is probably severely dehydrated. We need water to sustain and nothing can replace it. I can’t imagine being afraid of water, something that most of the world don’t even have proper access to.

[@tryingreallyhard4880]

I can’t believe they made Momo diet so hard and make her feel so bad about her body that one of her fear foods is LITERALLY water. Actually criminal!

[@KurosakiLuvar01]

She’s an idiot because you lose weight simply by drinking water instead of any other drink or food.

[@Viv0n111]

I hate drinking water but I'm forced to

[@curious1788]

iu's diet is not called "myproana" diet. myproana is literally the name of the online community that promotes anorexia. and after the international boom of kpop, idols' diets gained popularity of such platforms. it's honestly very scary how idol's detoriating health is used as motivation for other fans to become scarily skinny :(.. but i understand from personal experience that it's not a cycle easy to break. idols and fans alike need mental health support :(

[@deku4077]

💀💀💀

[@PuddleWuddleo]

@@deku4077 Are you saying “💀” in a bad way?

[@deku4077]

@@PuddleWuddleo No, as a person who suffers from anorexia (a type of eating disorder ) it scares me that a community of people supports eating disorders.

[@letsrollthediceyeah]

@@deku4077 em, are u laughing?

[@deku4077]

@@letsrollthediceyeah No, sorry to cause the misunderstanding.

[@Malalalaika]

I remember when Lay felt so bad about Xiumin’s frail appearance that he even pleaded with him to start eating and said that his fans will still love him no matter what size he was 🥺

[@t0xicichig0]

I felt that 😭😢

[@kaylee2841]

Something similar happened in Jimin's case too, I believe at one point later when Jimin wanted to lose weight in a similar way again, Jungkook try to show him how scary seeing him do something like that can be by saying that this time he will start starving himself/dieting along with Jimin, and it upset Jimin so much to potentially have to see Jungkook go through something similar that he gave up on the plan and decided to eat normally after all. 😟❤It breaks my heart to hear stories like these, at no point during any of these groups' eras or even pre-debut days were any of them even remotely close to what could be considered as 'fat' or 'overweight' and yet they were conditioned to think this way about themselves from the earliest days even til today. 😟

[@dn4214]

Poor baby 😢

[@lethaldream50]

as a person with an ed, none of the "diets" described here are even diets. they are straight up anorexic pattern eating. and it is the kpop industry, adults in the company and the netizens who are responsible for this. i know first hand how terrifying and dangerous starvation and water diets can be. they debilitate your body and mind if even done for a short amount of time, and the older you get the more you will suffer even if you try to recover, you can have damaged your body forever. these arent diets these are eating disorders. btw i once read tht korea has the highest rate of eating disorders in the world. this was a long time ago so idk if the fact checks out, but it would not surprise me at all if it was true.

[@einah6310]

It's so sad but they also have the highest suicide rate 😔 💔

[@lethaldream50]

@@einah6310 yep, i was aware of this fact and there is definitely some relation there even though other parts of korean soviety, culture, and lack of mental health cause all of it as a whole. it is tragic.

[@glowfly1000]

thank you for speaking up this. wish the best in life

[@baby.blue_b]

The standards are so toxic that idols even have to starve themselves just to look appealing in people's eyes. Whats worse is, their fans do their risky diets which is just not great at all. I feel really bad for them

[@TheBailingling]

I'm glad you included male idols as well. It is true that they also go through such toxicity. It always breaks my heart seeing these idols go through things like this. As long as they are healthy, numbers shouldn't matter. Momo shouldn't have felt like she may not wake up in the morning. Uee shouldn't have suffered for so long. Minseok's relationship with food during that time cannot have been healthy. It breaks my heart that these are people who feel like they have no other choice but to do whatever necessary to lose digits from their weight.

[@peachbooks3199]

true. my bias rn only eats vitamin pills and water in a day n everyone around him praises him for losing weight. surely there's a healthier way?? the leader keeps calling the members pigs if they eat 🤦‍♂️it's a mess

[@Sueuhevffbcjjidis]

@@peachbooks3199 who do you stan

[@lagopusvulpuz1571]

I found it so weird that also male idols are forced to be skinny as well. I mean men were always considered attractive by having muscle definition.

[@ldland2721]

There is Seulgi's diet which deserved to be in the video: She only drank soya milk for like a whole week

[@suyeesia7770]

Yes

[@YoshiPotter88]

Yes!! Not to mention the Wendy diet(s) as well, just horrendous!!

[@suyeesia7770]

@@YoshiPotter88 where

[@YoshiPotter88]

@@suyeesia7770 If you look up Wendy Red Velvet diets you'll probably find them- during the Red Flavour Era Wendy went through a diet called the Yoyo Diet where it's like weight cycling... so basically what happens is the person gains a lot of weight and then lose it really fast and it's extremely unhealthy (definitely look it up because not sure how to fully explain it)! And then I also heard that she tried the deadly 13 day diet (I think that this was before she debuted either that or this is a different one- I think this is a different one because I heard somewhere that she would do 10,000 jumping jacks but agsin not sure) where basically she ate a half bowl of rice and half of an apple, ran 40 laps around a track, jumped 3,000 ropes and did 40 minutes of weight training and 20 minutes of stretching per day. There is also a video where Seulgi, Taeyeon and Wendy are eating ice cream and the staff was glaring at Wendy and Seulgi and Wendy kind of scared and stopped eating- then King Taeyeon stepped in and told the staff to stop being like that and to let them eat their ice cream! Overall we just need to protect our idols because this will seriously hurt and or kill them!

[@rikhmjustsomeguywithmousta4971]

Jimin literally ate one meal in 10 days to get rid of his chubby face even tho he had complete 6 packs. Jimin and Taemin literally bled their noses out while practicing because of the serious diets. Its really not a thing to be proud of instead, I get shivers by these. All I can say, Jimin now loves himself and doesn’t care what people think, he’s gaining his mass again and building his body to bulk

[@suyeesia7770]

How do you know

[@nancysharma2096]

@@suyeesia7770 they literally mentioned in the video bout jimin wdym ?

[@bye1546]

@Soulhazer fasting isn’t bad that’s not even the worst ones

[@kpopggfan2524]

OMAD is not a bad diet actually.

[@emimew]

@@bye1546 I think the problem isn’t fasting, the problem is what’s the purpose behind it. Idols do it to fit standards that are made up by society or to be more precise beauty companies.

[@ronaldcarlson1815]

Momo saying she felt like she wouldn't wake up always breaks my heart.

[@nikkiferretti]

Xiumin has struggled with his weight his entire life, and that whole situation is just heartbreakling. Idols go through so much criticism over their weight alone, I can't even.

[@eee_baek]

Its the fact that his nickname used to be Baozi!

[@munchiebear]

@@eee_baek why would anyone name that and if I may ask, what is the meaning of Bao Zi?

[@eee_baek]

@@munchiebear Baozi means bread bun. Xiumin likes eating bread buns which is why they nicknamed him that, but also because of the fact that he had a round shaped face.

[@munchiebear]

@@eee_baek ohhh I see, thanks 😊

[@thecornucopia2810]

My greatest concern is the young growing generation actually looking up to these idols without realising the risks associated with such extreme diets. The industry needs to normalise people who don't necessarily fit the skinny norm and may weight above 125pounds.

[@suyeesia7770]

Agree

[@BreannaBaozi]

Back when I first got into kpop, there was a group called "Piggy Dolls" that where chubby and overweight girls. They were fat shamed to no end by online nets... The company also made their weights the entire existence of the group. Everything was about their weight and how they were plus sized. While I loved the representation of these cute women in Kpop, the company didn't want to make their concept anything else except for how chubby they were. They even lost a combined total of 115 LBS for their next comeback, which stood against everything that the group was for. Then, ALL of the members were replaced with thinner ones that fit the beauty standard. It crushed me. I loved those girls and they were tossed away so easily by the company for thinner ones. I wish to have a group that's chubby or plus sized but makes the same music as ITZY or TWICE. Being plus sized myself, I want people to not think about my weight but look at my personality or other characteristics that make me who I am. I hope Kpop gets rid of starvation diets and just lets the idols be the weights they want to be.

[@emimew]

@@BreannaBaozi I remember hearing something about them. I’m not sure, but weren’t they even in a good body shape and had a healthy amount of weight?

[@BreannaBaozi]

@@emimew the first members of Piggy Dolls were medically overweight. That was their charm said by the company. But the new members that replaced them were a moderate BMI and were thinner than 1st gen PD but still bigger than all of the other girl group idols. I really wish they kept the original line up. At that point it’s smart to just make a new group because no original members were left and the new members were all debuting at the same time lol

[@leonreborn1308]

lol young growing generation? this isn't really about kpop, it's the whole korean culture, it will not change ever, asians as a whole take weight problems seriously, some countries less than others but you will never see asian countries glorifying obesity like the west.

[@oopsie8866]

Idk I think it’s kinda hypocritical how fans will act concerned when diets like this are revealed but will also do nothing to protect idols like jeongyeon or swan who receive so much fatphobic comments…. People want to only see a certain body type on stage without knowing the horrors that idols often go through to achieve that

[@oopsie8866]

Also by perpetuating this myth that obviously underweight idols like wonyoung are ‘naturally skinny’… no one is naturally scarily underweight and if they are, they should be working with their healthcare providers to put on some mass because it’s dangerous and unhealthy no matter what. Stop pretending these idols are ‘naturally’ bmi 15, you’re part of the problem!

[@alexc9278]

But they look so cute and healthy! Wtf is wrong with people? I'm happy swan is not forced to diet (i hope) but I've seen she kinda lost weight between comebacks. I hope she does it the healthy way

[@oopsie8866]

@@alexc9278 yeah same :( swan is absolutely gorgeous, I hope the weight loss is her choice and is healthy too, but knowing how companies treat their idols , I’m not so sure

[@sugarbaekhyun]

felix from skz started starving himself around the end of last year and he said it so causally like “i had a carrot today” that was it and like i remember i was so worried he would only eat 1 meal a day or snack on carrots and it got to the point that his members have called him out on video like on a recent danceracha vlive when he said he couldn’t eat the buttered chicken he was craving bc of the concert and hyunjin was like “are you kidding with the diet” and and in 2 kids room with seungmin felix was talking about exercising and seungmin said “i was you eating something at 3am” and lix was like “oh that was a carrot” and at that seungmin straight up said “you didn’t eat dinner that day.” and felix tried to brush it off like it was nothing i still worry he’s not eating right and now bang chan has been starting too….

[@babybirdlala]

as someone who once lost weight so rapidly due to certain circumstances, i will never forget the extreme exhaustion i felt for that period of time. also losing my period and sadness etc. i relate to momo's story so much. glad to know we're both better now but shame on jype

[@dwiwahyuariani]

Just remember that they're doing it not just because of the company, but also a result of the fans' crazy expectation, of what an idol should look like

[@brookiki]

But then fan expectations are formed by who the companies choose to present as idols. It’s a toxic cycle, but the fans are generally young girls who also hold themselves to that standard. The people behind the companies are adult men who are profiting from it.

[@deeuphrosyne]

One of the saddest fact about Dasom diet was there’s one time she really wanted to eat chicken, so she bought chicken and just chewed it and spit it out again just to tasted the chicken flavor, she was the least popular member in sistar but gain popularity when she lost her weight.

[@alexc9278]

Omgg :(

[@katgreer6113]

this goes to show that appearances really does matter a lot.

[@Emma-fz5cd]

@@katgreer6113 yeah it sucks :( appearence shouldn't matter all that much

[@darajoyce5514]

:(

[@greenbanana1001]

I do that all the time I’ve overcome anorexia but I still do this

[@24chibimanga]

I remember watching Mina on Produce 101. During meal times I think she was given either different food or less food (it’s been a while so I can’t really remember) from the other girls cuz the trainers were making her go on a diet. It was so upsetting.

[@munchiebear]

Exactly and what made it worse was that despite her legs looking toned, netizens kept criticising her arm fat and round face, up to the point where she was affected and went on a liquid only diet. Like how is being healthy over 50kg not attractive?

[@kpopggfan2524]

And she was so young which was why she still had a little baby fat.

[@ccsbm208]

@@munchiebear one thing that is disturbing about idols being picked on for their weight is that most of the time, overall, they're no bigger than their groupmates but the problem is that their body naturally collects fat in the 'wrong' places whether it be the thighs, cheeks, arms. Which forces these already skinny idols to go above and beyond losing extreme amounts of weight because spot weight loss is not a thing.

[@exp-io853]

I'm devastated to hear all these diets that idols have gone through. And there is even more that we might not know. I feel really bad for those who have to go through this. Its not healthy both for your physical and mental health. What matters is that you stay healthy and healthy diet exists. These company who forced them and the "fans" who body shamed them that led them to do it are the ones to blame. Being skinny doesn't mean pretty. If you want to be beautiful, be healthy. :) And wtf do these people want? You commented on her belly then you commented on how she is skinny. Go away already

[@crunchnmunchsweettreats]

Fr, it doesn’t make sense. It’ll be way better if we just don’t comment about the idol’s bodies no matter how thin or how chubby, because it can ruin the way they think and make them have low self esteem.

[@sarithajagajith6568]

I have seen plenty of slim girls who are ugly. So yes.

[@amitkumardas8742]

They chose thier lives this way so it is thier responsibility leave it be if they are suffering it was thier choice and thier is an Indian proverb " jo dikhta hai wahi bikta hai" what is seen is sold

[@exp-io853]

@@amitkumardas8742 oh my godddd are you one of those people i cant believe you just said that under my comment...,IT IS NOT EVEN THEIR CHOICE how do you feel when someone forces you to eat at only a certain amount when you want it more than that. Crazy you are. Companies could just set a rule where they could follow but not pressuring them to leading them like this. ITS MOSTLY THE COMPANY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR ARTISTS.

[@amitkumardas8742]

@@exp-io853 see i am not against you, what can you do ? Start a war against the organisation i just said it's thier choice. Everyone works under organization but an organisation has also it reason why they do that your temper lead you to lose your reasoning calm down miss you just sitting in home you have the right to speak anything about them. can you do something about this ? U have solutions to this can you make these organisations change their mind

[@happytia]

i remember when i was 17, im so obsessed with having this kpop idol bodies thats why i once tried a lot of diets but i make it more extreme like in IUs diet i would only eat HALF of sweet potato or 1 small apple a day, i took it more extreme where i only eat 1 egg but only the whites for everyday, ... i took it EVEN MORE EXTREME where i will starve for 2 days then eat one boiled egg for the 3rd day, for weeks....i do that while still exercising everyday and taking lax..... of course ive faced a lot of consequences because of that.. that period of my life is a nightmare for me..and will never go through that ever again

[@nzingahendricks4128]

I’m so glad you’re feeling better, and I’m proud of you for being able to move beyond such a touch cycle of your life! Sending you lots of good vibes ✨

[@YukixMoonlight]

I became obsessed with have a “perfect” K-pop body when I was only 11… I hope your doing better now!! ❤

[@Save500]

Why so called beauty standards are more important than idol's talent 😡😡😡

[@wiemayachi1550]

Unfortunately in Korea, looks matter even if you're stupid untalented, have the worst personality, as long as you're beautiful you get over all the problems

[@Wherestoosie]

It's honestly so heartbreaking but it's the sad reality for so many not only female but male idols. We have no idea what they're going through they could be going through so much and none of us would know. No matter how perfect, happy, or beautiful we think they are at the end of the day they're only human just like everyone else

[@lbow5479]

Given that IU was only 14 when she debuted, it's terrible to imagine people in the audience shouting those things at her. Of course it left an impact.

[@Aphro20]

i tried seulgi's diet, which consists nothing but drinking soy milk. i did it for 2 weeks, lost almost 10 kgs, I did it around last year, yes i lost big number of weights but I can't concentrate during my classes and got sleepy all the time but nap/sleeping can't fix it, the real sad thing is people around me rlly encouraged me to do this diet and praising me due to the weight I loss. i always struggle with my self image and weight but this particular time really hurt more, bcs they know what I have to go through and still encouraging me to do it

[@helii9999]

Dude it’s not healthy diet you will be sick !!

[@GreenAndGoth]

Please don’t listen to them. I’m a recovering anorexic and I know how badly that hurts. You absolutely should eat enough, healthily, and exercise so you FEEL good too. Focus on how you feel about you.

[@clubbasher32]

Help is possible. I promise you’ll be okay. Please know eating is most important.

[@glou2955]

Thankfully recently Uee said she’s stopped her obsession with dieting and has put on 8 kilograms and has returned to a healthy weight. Shame it took so long but that’s not her fault.

[@galacticcat4584]

When I was 14 I was so insecure about my weight that I often went on extreme diets too... Until once I felt so weak that I thought I was going to pass out. Turned out I just had an intoxication but I was so scared that I've never dieted since then.

[@twiceteencaratonce2532]

Its is just straight up sad and toxic. They risk their lives by doing extreme diets just to attract fans😢

[@julianieminski4066]

“ate once every two weeks” girl what? the article literally says every other day

[@thehairband1906]

Just today chan said that he's eating one meal a day because some people called him fat. So this video hurt a lot I just can't understand how you can call your self a fan of someone when you're judging them by their weight. I just wish idols wouldn't have to hurt themselves so much.

[@katelady1370]

One meal a day doesn’t have to mean something bad. A lot of people eat one meal a day. You just make sure to make it a big meal. I myself only eat 2 to 1 meals a day so I can get the benefits of fasting.

[@thehairband1906]

@@katelady1370 yeah I understand that. But when he's doing it because of other people's words it's worrying

[@kvgsarah]

Fans are just two-faced because they are the first to feel bad or call the idols too thin but they are the ONE that ALSO makes that fellow idol go through an extreme diet by bashing them. SUCH AN IRONIC WORLD

[@jessicaavery751]

Confused as to why you decided to label “the most dangerous diet” the one where you eat apples sweet potatoes & protein shakes instead of eating only ice cubes, drinking only sparkling water, or literally eating nothing. I’d say your idea of the “most dangerous” is way off sis.

[@_pampeop]

they say it is the most dangerous one is because it went viral everywhere. obviously eating ice cubes and drinking sparkling water is bad for you, but those were not nearly as popular as the IU diet. for the iu diet there were a lot of young people that decided to do it due to the online popularity and that is way more dangerous and just one idol sharing their expirience with dieting and no one doing it along with them.

[@corkyy2534]

As someone who naturally weighs very little for their age, even losing 3 kilos made me almost pass out and terrified me. I cant imagine losing all that weight and having to do all the daily idol schedules, like holy crap...

[@aestheticcat8976]

The diets (starvation) isn't the only scary element, but the fans reactions towards idols bodies or faces. There could be a perfectly healthy idol who's not within the beauty standard like NMIXX's Jiwoo or Mamamoo's Hwasa and some fans would cause massive uproar with malicious comments even begging or demanding the company make them loose weight. When an idol does loose weight it flips, the uproar and demand is for them is to gain weight along with how dare the company mistreate them. Literally cannot please certain fans, I'd much rather a healthy idol especially considering how busy their schedules are and the fact that I don't want them getting sick or worse passing away. 🙃 An additional scare factor is there could be TONS more idols still doing these extremely unhealthy diets, yet we don't or won't ever know about it.

[@karenlilley1770]

Hwasa looks healthy and she should be looked up to

[@ccsbm208]

or when they demand stylists to give idols 'better' outfits to 'prevent hate' when in fact by better outfits they usually just mean outfits that either hide or alter the idols natural figure in order to conform to the norm. The lack of self-awareness from the fans is sad.

[@suyeesia7770]

@@ccsbm208 how so

[@faye7348]

i feel so sorry for mina she was 16 when she had all that pressure put on her to diet

[@sofi_773]

The two things I despise about kpop are the Korean beauty standards and the diets. Jiwoo from NMIXX, is currently being bullied for her thighs. They’re calling her fat 🙃 I once saw a Korean YT video explaining shapes and Korean standards with her mom. If you have a “chubby face” in SK you’re face is a rice cooker face 🙃 The Korean beauty standards are unrealistic.

[@topsu9868]

The Korean beauty standard and the whole concept is so superficial rubbish that there can be no.

[@foreverneverlandblink4304]

You even need some muscles in your thighs for dancing... The standards are so unrealistic. How are idols supposed to look this thin when they have to dance a lot and also eat a lot to maintain energy for practicing and that super-stressful lifestyle with basically no sleep? I'll never get it. Like... 1000 calories a day for 8 years with all those work-outs? Just no...

[@msk-qp6fn]

Neither was the west slim thicc look but honestly the kpop look scares me more

[@khadidja6427]

+ the Korean fans they're literally sick

[@suyeesia7770]

What do you mean

[@HedwigXD]

The banana diet is really weird. It does give you lots of carbs but you get hungry easily

[@mydreaminorbit9297]

These extreme diets scare the crap out me.

[@opiuchi864]

I did a water + sugar cube/chocolate bar diet once in college coz i wanted to save my lunch money to buy an itouch. i forgot how long it took but i think half-way through my parents found out and they decided to pay for how much was left (about 1/3rd of the cost). i don't remember much of what happened but i think i slept a lot.

[@callmehleah3]

For the Momo situation, was JYPE thinking this would help their image than letting her be? She could have easily died! She even said that she went to sleep crying not knowing if she would wake up the next morning. Are standards that important to you? The fact that a group of adults came together and made a young girl starve herself for her career is just insane. Would you rather have your idol at a perfectly fine weight or your idol dead? JYPE what were you thinking?!

[@cristinavalle5225]

This is slavery not a career

[@Ax-Xavier]

Unfortunately, beauty standards is a huge huge deal in south korea. Even if the company wanted their idol to be healthy, when the idols doesnt meet beauty standards, they will be mocked, critisice, hated, by the citizens. Its a toxic culture but if theres someone to blame its their beauty-obssesed-crazy citizens.

[@anngleeson4736]

Its a thing that he thinks skinny girls dance lighter the most he likes them to eeihh is 35 to 40 kg thats a grown woman he said you are too fat too a size 00 Japanese contestant.

[@reeses_unicorn]

It's unfortunate how a healthy body type seems to largely be seen as, "fat," in South Korea.

[@cyb3rstalker]

it’s also incredibly hypocritical bc you know that the ppl commenting and criticizing them don’t look as thin as a noodle as they want their favorite idols to look like.

[@heromantis9785]

I understand how idols must go through a diet cause their body is part of their job, but honestly it went too far. Being at a normal weight/ Being healthy (which is a different weight for everyone) is enough. No need to be "perfect". I honestly think it creates such unrealistic standarts especially for women. Also these people are so active like imagine not eating and exercising nonstop. So scary. I just hope this diet thing will stop.

[@Suave_Dandelion]

I can't understand why you saying that IU's diet is easily THE MOST DANGEROUS DIET ( 3:18) as she ate every day 3 times a day (1 apple for breakfast, 2 sweet potatoes for lunch and 1 protein drink for dinner) while in comparison MOMO didn't eat anything at all (1 ice cube per day is nothing) + gym for 10 days, Xiumin drinks only coffee, Dasom eats only 1 meal per day and it's only cucumbers + exercising, T.O.P. only drinks water and eats jelly made of red beans + gym, Mina drinks only 2 bottles of sparkling water a day, Jimin didn't eat anything at all, only 1 meal per 10 days!

[@farhanfmx]

Its sickening to see companies have such absurd rules. They probably didn't go to school themselves to study how a human body works.

[@suyeesia7770]

Agree

[@topsu9868]

i agree that

[@mrgee8447]

And people criticizing their bodies

[@patrykkrak6028]

Momos ice cube diet is still terrifying me to this day- Momo is probably also still terrified about it...

[@laylay_bae]

I have no idea what the hell those rats at Jay Why Pee were THINKING when they thought the ice cube diet was a good IDEA

[@SunnySixStreet]

The scary thing is that maybe other idols had to go through that but can‘t share that because their not allowed to do so😰

[@Bakhoot]

Honestly I think all these k pop diets are very extreme and not needed all the k pop idols are beautiful in their own way this is heartbreaking. Everyone is beautiful the way they are!

[@kookiesmamma3599]

I'll be honest... when I was extremely obsessed with BTS. I also decided to go under an extreme diet. I managed to lose 60lbs in 6 months because of it... then I gained everything back and more after a few years. I think Momo had the worse diet because that's insane that she only had one ice cube a day and that was it. I can only imagine the pain she went through and I'm glad she's not doing that now

[@tootuo]

Sometimes, these diets go too far. Imagine how the idols must feel😞

[@teshc4795]

So intresting how the people telling them to lose weight are not particularly healthy themselves.

[@annasayaz3141]

Actually, I would argue that this should be not even called a ''diet''. This is just pure torture. A diet is something which contains all the foods balanced in it. AND you can keep up that diet without suffering.

[@creativelychandra]

I don’t know how they can eat one meal a day or just drink water while exercising and doing dance lessons. I could never. It’s so unhealthy and I’m just happy that they’re all okay now.

[@thisismetoday]

How about instead of saying “I can’t believe she went on that extreme diet”, we say “I can’t believe the company force her to go on an extreme diet, in order to not cancel her career.”

[@dreamies9407]

I think in momo's case they were only focusing on the weight which is totally stupid because momo is toned and was even then very fit. That probably made momo weight more because of her muscle mass and they propably had some spesific weight that they needed to be, which again is so stupid. Momo is such a body goals!

[@peachxtaehyung]

It's a shame idols have to watch their diet and weight so much! Also yes iu went through sooo much! She got hate for every little thing! Ugh and people wonder why she is so tiny?

[@beniirama4076]

that is the reality of idol industry.. not to mention the amount of stress and bullying they still have to face..

[@dsslingshot6838]

It's a shame how Neitzen could put a lot of harmful thoughts onto these idols. If they were to truly like (idols/bias) I believe they should expect them for who they are as a person, not what their bodies, because if the same thing that idols went through, are portrayed on them, they would realize how uneasy it is and how badly it can destroy their mental and physical health.

[@katherinelisowska4546]

How would those companies feel if one of their sons and daughters suddenly collapsed from lack of eating because they feel the need to be perfect?

[@xdvertaxx5442]

My heart hurts for Momo☹️ how can people do this to her?! I’m so happy that she gained the weight back in one week & is Humore healthy now, but it hurts to hear her say that story while smiling & laughing bc it’s really not funny (I’m so happy that she survived it bc she is my bias and I love her with all of my heart❤️)

[@nyanjessnyan]

I haven't seen this type of diet with idols, but I did this myself for "Weight Control". I did the two piece of chocolate diet, straight forward as it says. One small piece of dark chocolate for breakfast and one for dinner, nothing else besides water. It got so bad that I went in to the ICU for vitamin and mineral distress, so please people... don't follow these diets WITHOUT a professional, cause it can be very, VERY dangerous.

[@thetean0mber91]

no don't follow these at all the diets in asia are based on paedophilia. Stick thin but not skeleton. Child like physique. Disgusting

[@iseul111]

i used to do the sparkling water diet, i weighed 36kg and i was miserable, i was literally skin and bones and it was disgusting to look at PLEASEE NEVER TRY IT!!!

[@mysteryheart53]

Omg how long did you do it for?

[@Fizzie-Fizzarolli-FizzieFrog]

even if i take a day or two skipping meals my mom always gonna be at me telling me what can happen if i dont eat because shes a nurse and sometimes dealing with pationes with ED or liver faliur because they dont eat well so...

[@angelad230]

Momo's scares me the most. The fact that she had to mention the ice cube is more worrying than if she had just said she was eating nothing, because ice isn't food... it's water. You should never go without water for more than 12 hours because it is crazy dangerous. To give you some idea of how dangerous: Pro-Anorexia groups are groups of girls and women who will starve themselves, make themselves sick, and abuse drugs to get thin, but dry fasting is the one thing they will absolutely refuse to do or let anyone else do. Dehydration kills you in DAYS. Most people would be dead three times over if they didn't drink water for 10 days, even if they weren't going to the gym and "spitting" all the time.

[@LuluBeLulu]

Considering she had to lose 15lbs in a week, she was probably concerned about water weight. You wont gain fat by drinking water, but you can gain normal, healthy water weight. MMA fighters will often send their kidneys into hydrolysis to lose a ton of water fast so they can make their weight class for weigh ins. It's insane. Body builders also stop drinking water before a competition to give more muscle definition. Its insane

[@aven9866]

They go through so much and people still criticize their looks

[@GlitznGlamourUS]

Wow people can be so cruel and these managers should be ashamed of themselves putting these young adults through this. If they are so concerned about their weight they should get them a nutritionist so they can loose weight safely.

[@suyeesia7770]

True

[@innileliluvsan]

this honestly saddens me.. especially momos!!. especially??. being scared to even go to sleep and being afraid and horrified cus u think thinking u won’t ever wake up again!! is sad :(.

[@Eurobeat_fan]

I'm a new once and learning about Jeongyeons weight gain while she was struggling with anxiety really hit me close to home. It's a weird reason but learning about it is one of the reasons why she's my favorite because I also struggle with horrible anxiety and have gained weight before because of it and it makes me feel better that someone as successful and wonderful as her shares some of the same experiences as me. She's just so cool.

[@mentallyunstableavocado]

I feel devastated hearing these.. the idols deserve better…

[@lixous_]

They do so much for their fans, still they get hated

[@spookyhden10]

i know companies don’t think like this, but as a kpop fan i’d much rather my favorite idols be healthy than so skinny they pass out. when idols are happy and healthy, it makes me happy

[@ilikehamburgerandsprite753]

Actually when I was 10-11 years old , I was already underweight, but when I saw how Idols get hate about being healthy I thought that I was fat and ugly so I literally ate nothing only juice and milkshakes for 3 days, I threw my launch and breakfast without my mom knowing and I acted like I was sleeping because I didn't want to eat dinner , but after 3 days I felt like I was really gonna faint so I only ate 1 boiled egg the entire day for 2 more days then my mom noticed that I'm getting extra pale so she asked me and I told her I'm going on a diet so she scolded me and yeah That was like 4-5 years ago

[@nightbreaker3187]

This is why people should be careful about what they say, you can keep things for yourself, but one hate comment that might have been yours can ruin an entire person's life.

[@lucygoosie7040]

TW ED: i was on a weight loss journey 2 years ago and got to a specific number which made me get too excited and cocky. long story short i came across the IU diet and i had no idea who she was or her story, i just saw her as another K-pop celebrity who has a diet (im dumb i know) so i blindedly followed it and soon after i started forming an ED and that lead me to bulimia.. i looked into IU's story later and found out she had bulimia as well i believe (im not a kpop fan sorry if im mixing things up) i went through what she did from the diet. I just find it interesting because i was clueless about EDs and stuff like that. Kpop diets are dangerous. I mean the weight loss ones of course not the healthy ones. Nearly lost my life 💀

[@chimmydaiquiri6617]

This is so sad! Honestly my own body image has gotten worse since becoming a kpop fan.

[@Tina-Marie-iz8zy]

This is disgusting what is happening in Sth Korea regarding celebrity weight loss for employment I've been very vocal on the measures that Lee Da Nee regularly undertakes and her skeletal frame in the Series "Island" which was so bad I worried that the younger audience would look to her as a model for how they should look. Lee admits she will eat next to nothing to ensure that her weight stays under 50kgs. At 1.76m tall her weight at 50kgs is dangerously under the healthy BMI for her height. Authorities and the industry have NOT protected these artists from abuse and neglect, it is shameful and one that Sth Korea must work on. If an artist/celebrity is under weight they should not be allowed to work until they are healthy, this is called a 'Duty of Care' which should be mandatory.

[@gnabnahcfn]

I really do wish that there was no beauty standards/dieting needs. To be honest in the kpop industry I feel they need to normalize different body weights and that not every idol will be their ideal skinny person. It really makes me upset when I see idols talking about diets. Recently skz Felix went in a diet for stays but I felt upset because I don’t think it was necessary. He was skinny b4 and with the diet he got even skinner. His arms were kinda twig like. And today Chan was live and he started talking about coming back from jeju and him noticing he gained some fat. But to be honest I didnt see any added weight to him anywhere. Obviously diets are good sometimes but they shouldn’t be taken that seriously or they could choose a safer route. Just my thoughts ❤️

[@emraldembrace7939]

How dare someone call IU a pig!!! She is so beautiful, no matter what weight, and it hurts that she faced such comments. No idol deserves to be shamed; everyone is human and have feelings too.

[@ChenBritMi]

The problem with all these weight “goals” were they don’t care about muscle mass. Just like momo, she’s a dancer so she has quite a lot of muscle but they needed her to lose 7kg, honestly she just needed to stop exercising and lose all her muscle mass to reach the weight “goal”, so what does the company expect to achieve with these “goals”?

[@samonelly4813]

I thought I was going to die from 2 days of no eating for colonoscopy prep. Can’t imagine doing any of these diets

[@laurenli6411]

Thank you for writing this comment.

[@ShaylaEnoch]

I feel bad for all the idols who are forced to starve themselves bc they all could've easily gotten sick or died

[@liaaa047]

Society is so messed up. Kpop idols go through this just so people can approve of how they look. It’s so stupid all body sizes are beautiful. As long as your healthy you don’t need to lose or gain weight. There human too. I hope in the future, things change and people start accepting all body sizes and looks. And this is not even the only thing that’s bad in the kpop industry (haters that go to far, over obsessive “fans” ect.) I hope anyone who’s going through stuff like this become happier and healthier ❤️ stay safe :)

[@dishadas4138]

But how it's possible that after these disgusting diet they are physically strong, glowing and beautiful

[@suyeesia7770]

I want to know

[@msSweeTae]

I couldn't find more informations, but Taemin once talked about an incident where all he was allowed to eat were a few blueberries and Key ate them, which got him very upset, which is understandable if it's the only food you're allowed to eat. He often talks about his weight. While doing promotions with SuperM they went out eating and while everyone was eating he refused to do so. Kai (if I remember correctly) had to convince him to eat something as well, which he did eventually and you could immediately see an improvement in Taemin's mood. Even the seemingly most chilled celebrities struggle with the spotlight, that's why it's a good thing when they take a break here and there and finally focus on themselves.

[@SuperXmarvinX]

I felt like if only Kpop can learn weight controls through exercise and healthy nutritional plans like Baekho and Wonho oh and guys like 2pm or Monsta X Shownu and stuff.

[@multifan6679]

I think Twice learned that now. Just look up their recent tour pictures. They look healthy and muscular to me

[@ia8121]

I like eating ice sometimes 😅but I can't imagine eating only one ice everyday, I hope momo and other idols have better diets for their health🤍, even thought I believe standards in the industry won't change at all.

[@annmaryjaimon5468]

i agree ice is quite refreshing but only eating ice is a whole another story

[@m4nah1d3l]

@@annmaryjaimon5468 Yea, Sad Momo 😔😔😔😔

[@darthsidious9814]

@@soobydoo6938 nah, a lot of ice each meal. She literally said it . Stop lying I’m a once I know

[@yamommaloveme420]

@@darthsidious9814 girl its not that deep why you getting worked up💀

[@getoverhereloser]

@@darthsidious9814 bro thats not any better💀

[@marvellousmocha1386]

I’m glad some people see these “diets” for what they are, but I think it’s harmful to continue referring to them as diets. (CW: mentions of disordered eating) Even a restrictive diet should be giving you the energy you need to survive and those are not recommended for long periods. These are more extreme than restrictive eating or fasting, and a lot of people are vulnerable to this idea that being skinny is the ideal. When they hear about an extreme diet, they aren’t put off immediately even with warnings of it being dangerous, because the term “diet” makes it seem like a viable method for weight loss. I would know, I was in a bad place mentally at the time everyone was doing “The Jimin diet” online, and I had never had a restrictive eating disorder in the past. I thought because other people were doing it, and because it was credited by most as an actual diet, that it must be okay to do. I think deep down in my heart I knew something wasn’t quite right, but I didn’t care enough to really dig into that and decided to try it out anyway. I didn’t end up sticking to it for ten days, but that made me try again, and again, and again, when I got it wrong. This led me to having a bad relationship with food and my body which I didn’t really have before. I thought of food as something to be earned, and exercise or starvation as a sort of punishment to my body for not being good enough. This has taken years to recover from, even if I never went quite as extreme as other people have. I understand this is a trendy topic and that’s partially why there are so many videos about it, but a lot of young people follow Kpop idols and a lot of people who are vulnerable to this sort of language. Referring to these abusive methods encouraged by Korean entertainment companies as diets, even in a video about how horrible and unhealthy they are, is harmful to young viewers, people who have struggled under these extreme weight loss methods, and people who are vulnerable to brutal methods such as people with bad body image or mental illness.

[@mozznugo]

Why does K-pop industry always emphasize on visual? I don't care whether TOP is 90 kg or not. I just want to see him singing. That's all.

[@annyloveseating8556]

I am happy that hwasa was forced but she did not do that and lives the way she wants to live

[@silvervixen007]

How do these people starve themselves for so long? I couldn't live like that..

[@joanexoxo]

In my opinion, I think they need to stop publicizing these kinds of diets as there are so many young kids watching and idolizing these idols and they might end up following these kinds of diets. This causes younger generations to not love their own body and causes insecurities. 😥😥😥

[@pearinsomnia9188]

They’ve stopped publicizing them, which is why fans now claim their faves are “naturally skinny” and insult anyone who is concerned (e.g., Somi’s 15.7 BMI), which is a shame because so many people call severely underweight idols “body goals” because they are naive enough to believe it was achieved in a healthy way.

[@asseylum_2.012]

It seems pretty common in idol industry that water could make them gained weight. I remember Sistar Bora said the same thing too about her diet. That knowledge was dangerous since human literally could not live without water. What you want to burn is fat not water.

[@liisaovaska4153]

somi’s diet only included 3 bananas a day, yves’ from loona only one single apple, jihyo’s from twice and wendy’s from red velvet were quite tough too

[@shivalishankersharma1562]

Studios put extreme pressure on artists. Sophie turner developed an ED after studios pressured her to lose weight (and she was a teen then ) . Models are under extreme pressure. Studios/management don’t care for the physical and mental health of their artists. They care about one thing and that is profit.

[@queenlena2514]

I felt really bad for mono 😭😭😭😭

[@Jess1013]

Myproana is short for “my pro anorex*a”. That’s terrifying.

[@yulietheblondie657]

I stop eating a year ago and now I only eat ice cube’s and one apple for breakfast and I only weight just 91

[@strudelh]

IU followed a proana diet, I didn't know that.. (like I didnt know it was literally called Myproana), I hope she didn't develop a serious ED from it, or any of these idols.

[@moatiny4431]

IU has opened up about her struggle with bulimia in the past. So unfortunately, yes, she did develop an ED

[@alguien..s]

She struggled with bulimia

[@Sophia-q5q4b]

I wanna try the sparkling water diet

[@STLUCIANIDOL91]

Others: JYPE takes care of their idols! 😊 Momo: 0:13