‘I’d like to give her my 5kg’: 35kg woman in China eats 6 meals a day to gain weight for job and sparks healthy weight debate
- A video of a severely underweight woman eating continually accompanied by a voice-over from one of her friends goes viral on mainland social media
- The friend says the eating regime distressed the woman who suffered frequent diarrhoea after she began the diet and she often felt very cold
A beauty influencer in China who weighs just 77 lbs (35kg) and has a range of related health issues has trended on mainland social media after she sought online advice on gaining weight for her job.
A video of the woman, called Xiaoye, from Hunan province in central China, which showed her eating frequently throughout the day and into the evening accompanied by a voice-over from one of her friends went viral on social media on the weekend, Star Video reported.
Xiaoye has allegedly never weighed more than 40kg, and as a result, she suffers from various health conditions including hypoglycaemia and a weak immune system.
Xiaoye’s friend said she was trying to gain weight quickly in a short time after her employer told her that she was too thin for her job as a beauty blogger.
“She eats at least five or six main meals daily,” the friend told Star Video.
In the viral video, Xiaoye is seen eating noodles, meat, and junk food including potato chips and biscuits which she has stuffed into a drawer. Her friend explained that the food was kept nearby to make sure she had things to eat “anytime and anywhere”.
The video later shows her falling asleep wearing pyjamas in bed while eating bread.
