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[Sixth Tone] In China’s dance schools, a dangerous obsession with weight loss


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In China’s elite dance schools, students are facing ever greater pressure to lose weight, with coaches urging them to become “as thin as lightning.” The result: a troubling rise in cases of anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental health issues.

Click here to read the article by Chang Minxiao and Fan Yiying.

Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.

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