https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/06/281_376292.html
'Water fasting' goes viral among teenagers despite health concerns
An 18-year-old student in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, surnamed Park, has been on a “water diet” for nearly a week. During this time, she has consumed nothing but water, salt and some nutritional supplements while fasting.
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An 18-year-old student in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, surnamed Park, has been on a “water diet” for nearly a week. During this time, she has consumed nothing but water, salt and some nutritional supplements while fasting.
water fasting 물만 먹는 단식
go viral 입소문이 나다
health concerns 건강 염려, 건강 우려
water diet 물 다이어트
nothing but 오직, 그저, 단지
nutritional supplements 영양제, 보조제
fasting 단식, 절식, 금식
Her goal is to reach 120 on the “height minus weight” scale, which she believes represents an ideal standard for being slim. Currently standing at 160 centimeters tall and weighing 47 kilograms, she intends to shed an additional seven kilograms before summer.
ideal standard 이상적인 표준
intend to = be meant to ~할 작정이다, ~하려고 생각하다, ~의 의도가 있
additional = extra = collateral = auxiliary = ancillary = incidental = further = additory = supplementary = secondary 추가적인, 부수적인, 이차적인
shed the weight = reduce the weight = lose wieght 살을 빼다
minus = subtract = less = take away = deduct = cut down 빼다
add = plus = put on = put in 더하다
Like Park, a growing number of Korean female teenagers are on an extreme “water diet” ahead of the summer season. The extreme diet has garnered attention, especially as famous celebrities are reported to have rapidly lost weight without exercise through fasting.
a growing number of = an increasing number of 점점 많은 수의
be on a diet 다이어트를 시작하다
ahead of the summer = before summer 여름 전에
extreme diet 극단적인 다이어트
garner attention = draw attention = attract attention = be in the spotlight = be in the limelight 관심을 끌다
famous celebrities = celeb = public figure 유명인사, 공인
lose wieght = shed the weight = reduce the weight 살을 빼다
As of Monday, over 1,000 posts have been uploaded with the hashtag “water fasting” on Instagram, while YouTube has several videos where people share their experiences of losing fat through the water diet and tips on holding back their appetite.
upload with hashtag 해시태그와 함께 업로드하다
share one's experiences 경험을 공유하다
lose fat = shed the weight = reduce the weight = lose wieght 살을 빼다
hold back one's appetite 식욕을 저지하다, 식욕을 억제하다
get one's appetite back 식욕이 돌아오다
“I am fasting, but it’s harder to endure dizziness than hunger,” one user said on X, formerly Twitter. Numerous online users have also claimed to have been fasting for nearly a month and lost over 10 kilograms.
dizziness 현기증, 아찔함, 현기
numerous = many = a lot of = lots of 많은, 수많은
According to the National Health Insurance Service’s report last year, the number of female anorexia patients aged in their teens has increased sevenfold over four years, from 275 in 2018 to 1,874 in 2022. However, experts point out that such extreme diets in adolescents inevitably disrupt their physical and cognitive development and even cause various health problems such as dietary amenorrhea, osteoporosis and eating disorders.
anorexia 거식증, 식욕부진증
point out = criticize = censure = rebuke = chastise = admonish = castigate = tell off = inculcate = repoave = reprehend = blame = reprimand = accuse 지적하다, 견책하다, 비난하다
adolescent 청소년
adolescence 청소년기
inevitably = unavoidably = ineluctably 불가피하게, 어쩔수 없이
physical development 신체적 향상
cognitive development 인지적 개발
health problems 건강 문제
dietary amenorrhea 식이성 무월경
osteoporosis 골다공증
eating disorder 식이장애
“Doctors advise against teenagers basing their diets on appearance rather than health. Intermittent fasting, which is widely considered a diet method, should also be avoided for more than 16 hours. If teenagers go beyond it and starve themselves, there can be dangerous consequences,” said Sim Kyung-won, a professor of family medicine at Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital.
base 근거지를 두다, 본부를 두다
intermittent fasting 간헐적 단식
be widely considered ~로 널리 알려지다
go beyound ~을 넘어서다, ~을 초과하다
starve 굶주리다, 굶어죽다, ~이 없는
consequence = implication = ramification = repercussion = impact = byproduct = aftermath = aftereffect = sequela = fallout 영향, 결과, 여파
Kang Jae-heon, a professor of family medicine at Gangbuk Samsung Hospital, also said, “It is difficult to solve nutritional deficiencies only with mineral water and nutritional supplements because the human body needs various nutrients such as protein and fat.”
family medicine 가족의료, 종합진료
nutritional deficiency 영양부족
mineral water 광천수, 미네랄 워터
nutritional supplements 영양제, 영양보충제
nutrient 영양소, 영양분
nutrition 영양
nutritious = nutritional = nutritive 영양가가 있는, 영양적인, 영양을 제공하는
Some note that the prevalence of lookism in Korea has contributed to this phenomenon. “As an excessively thin female body becomes an ideal image through (social media), some people could become obsessed with extreme diets,” said Lim Myung-ho, a psychology professor at Dankook University. “Especially teenagers with low self-esteem could be trying to satisfy their sense of achievement through attaining thin bodies.”
lookism 얼굴 생김새로 사람을 판단하는 것, 용모에 따른 차별
excessively = outrageously = proposterously = ridiculously = absurdly = unreasonably =ludicrously 터무니 없이, 과하게, 과도하게, 지나치게
ideal image 이상적 이미지
become obsessed with = become preoccupied with ~에 집착하게 되다, ~에 집착하다, ~에 사로잡히다
self-esteem = self-worth = ego = self-regard = self-confidence 자존감, 자부심
sense of achievement 성취감
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