How common is the pressure for women to lose weight and skip meals for the sake of dieting and staying very skinny in your country?

[danielamontoya06]

I know that in Japan, no one talks about weight loss openly, also most of the women are skinny as in they can’t show an ounce of fat (otherwise there will be comments about weight gain, even in the slightest.) (It does not help either as because in anime and J-Dramas, most of the women in both mediums are always slim as a model considered goddess tier.)

Even on social media, Japanese people openly brag about being thin and maintain that, it not only affects adult women but it’s regressed as early as their teens since there are instances of them skipping meals just to adhere to a diet to maintain being thin. Despite gaining a few pounds in the slightest, Japanese women still get comments about weight, since there is a common belief that their weight remains synonymous akin to their appearance and outer beauty, as in they have to be bulimic in order for them to be deemed as skinny.

There are even aesthetic salons across the country, not only including laser hair removal but also facials and dieting machines, the thing that is sketchy about them is the claims regarding fat loss akin to weight loss and how accurate are they. They claim that the machines can quickly get rid of the fat for good, to be honest, I am not buying any of that.

In hindsight, how common is dieting just to maintain being skinny among teenage girls or adult women in your country? How many women in your country resort to (fat freezing or lipo) just to stay thin? How common are cases of teen girls and women in your country ending up bulimic or having an eating disorder because of excess dieting?

[RavVid]

I don't really know other than women eat small portions and will often want to share a desert to avoid eating a full portion. I do see a lot of women running on the street and are presumably motivated to keep weight down.

It is unfortunate that women are biological built to build fat reserves. We know that stone age women were porkers from the Venus terracotta figurines so it has been a problem for a long time.

Overall I'd say most women in my country are insufficiently slender, so the pressure is not enough.

[Anonymous]

It's a pressure not just for women, men also feel pressure.

[Opinion Owner]

Thank you for the MHO

[AI Opinion]

In the U. S., society places a lot of pressure on women to maintain a certain body image, often emphasizing thinness. Dieting and skipping meals are common strategies some women, unfortunately, turn to, influenced by media portrayals and societal expectations. Social media often highlights extreme weight-loss stories, contributing to body image struggles. This pressure can extend from teens to adult women, sadly leading to eating disorders for some. Procedures like lipo are popular, but there’s growing awareness around body positivity and health over mere appearances. It's crucial to promote balanced, healthy lifestyles rather than extreme measures.

[MasterKS]

No matter the process but in every country its always there that woman should be fit and got some good body. its a bitter truth.

[jahaims]

I live one of the most obese countries