By now, you’ve probably heard of the belly button test, a ludicrous challenge that supposedly tells you if you have a good body, or you need to lose weight.
The test is pretty easy to do. Reach one arm behind your back, then around your waist to see if you can touch your belly button from the other side. Didn’t manage? Try the other side. Still didn’t work? Sorry, according to the test, you need to shed some weight.
The belly button phenomenon is currently sweeping across Chinese social media platforms and now, it has reached Instagram. Clearly, the challenge doesn’t take into account people who have shorter arms, or are less flexible. Either way, the younger generation in China are using the test to show off their bodies.
Is this belly button test bordering on promoting eating disorders and distorting social standards of beauty? You be the judge.
