From diet pills to vomit rooms, the Food Chain investigates the rise of eating disorders in China. Is this an inevitable consequence of economic development? And if so, why are eating disorders still ...Show More
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rmmiller364 recommended:Oct 13th, 2020
My heart really broke for these women
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moot recommended:Oct 12th, 2020
How the rise of eating disorders (ED) in China is fuelled by social media influencers and online sales of “vomit tubes” on TaoBao (and dangerous standards of body image such as the “A4 challenge”), while the internal suffering of high-achieving, young women and men in China is shadowed by the stereo...Show More
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aliceko recommended:May 13th, 2019
Mind-blowing statistics on the lack of awareness of eating disorders in China. The only 'treatment' center in the ENTIRE country is in Beijing, and even then, the understanding and treatment of this sad disease is not taken seriously. Something needs to be done about the purging parties and unhealth...Show More
mmMay 16th, 2019
The photo filters is a really good point! They didn't talk about that in this episode. They even have phones that are built to pre-filter you in a certain way.
iso_squared recommended:Sep 23rd, 2020
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write2tg recommended:Sep 25th, 2020
An insightful episode about eating disorders and how factors like economic growth, culturally-mediated ideas about body and weight, and social constructs of beauty contribute to the rising trends in eating-related disorders.
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mm recommended:May 16th, 2019
Very interesting podcast episode on eating disorders in China. Enjoyed hearing the cultural stigmas and dilemmas referenced. Definitely can relate on that front. - Online vomit rooms...wow - Surprised that people only thought that only young white affluent women suffered from eating disorders. - In...Show More