60% of Korea’s diet pill users aren't obese: report

South Korea’s social preference for slim body types has led many people who are not medically obese to take diet pills, with such users accounting for nearly 60 percent of diet pill takers in the country, according to a report released Monday by a state research institute. The study also raised concerns about the risks of prolonged use, warning that many users experience significant side effects, including insomnia and clinical depression. “Social pressure to diet, the expansion of mass media, t

By The Korea Herald