The sick ‘A4 waist’ trend: Dangerous new fad encourages girls to flaunt stomachs thinner than a piece of paper

A NEW “fitness” trend encourages women to compare their waist size to a sheet of A4 paper. Thankfully, other groups oppose this way of thinking.

A NEW ‘fitness’ trend encourages women to compare their waist size to a sheet of A4 paper.

The Chinese craze involves holding up the paper, which has a width of just 21cm, against the body.

Hundreds of thousands of social media users have taken to China’s version of Twitter, Sina Weibo, to share their snaps.

Hundreds are going online to share their snaps.

The Chinese internet users have claimed that the slim waist fad is a healthy and attainable aim.

One Weibo user boasted: “I’m a size smaller than A4. I’m A5.”

Other diet-obsessed women have been sharing photos of size 0 Chinese models with A4 waists along with tips on how to lose weight.

Critics claim the trend is putting pressure on girls to lose weight.

Critics have slammed the bizarre trend for pressuring women to try to reach an unachievable goal.

An angry Twitter user said: “So are they insinuating smaller is better? Not cool to offend the girls who don’t measure up in this matter.”

A piece of A4 paper is only 21cm wide.

Another commenter remarked: “A4 paper waist challenge? Total rubbish”, before joking that they wanted to turn the sheet of paper sideways.

One angry Twitter user ranted: ‘Not cool to offend the girls who don’t measure up in this matter.’

This article originally appeared on The Sun.