A young Chinese woman who was determined to look her best as a bridesmaid at her best friend’s wedding lost 15kg in just two months through extreme dieting.
The crash diet eventually led her to develop prediabetes, sparking shock online.
The 26-year-old known by the pseudonym Xiaoyu is an office worker based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, southeastern China. She is 160cm tall and once weighed around 65kg.
After being invited by her best friend to be a bridesmaid, she became determined to be...
China woman aims to look her best as bridesmaid resorts to extreme diet, suffers prediabetes
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Source: scmp.com

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