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The 5ch board “Breaking News+” picked up a story reported by legal news site Bengo4.com on October 30, 2026. After a case in which a high school girl turned to the diabetes drug “Mounjaro” following “get skinny” information she saw on social media, doctors are calling for a law banning social media use by children under 16. In the thread, some users questioned the responsibility of doctors who divert the drug for improper use, while others pointed to moves already underway overseas—such as in the EU—to regulate minors’ social media use. Still others argued that exercise and lifestyle changes should be enough, and many raised practical questions about how such a ban could actually be enforced.
High schooler saw “get skinny” info on social media, turned to Mounjaro… doctors call for “ban on social media for under-16s” – Bengo4.com
October 30, 2026, 5:08 PM
Social media use by children under 16 should be banned by law.
Source: bengo4.com / Read the original article here
What people said
Why are kids already thinking about nothing but slacking off at that age lol
Seriously, exactly that.
Make people pass a college-entrance-exam-level test first.
After that they'll slim down whether they like it or not—
as long as they're not eating like they want to stay chubby.
Can a high schooler actually afford it?
The people who use stuff like this are already skinny to the limit.
All you need to do is exercise, so if a kid can't manage that, just don't let them graduate middle school.
Exercise = weight loss.
You still believe that?
Then what should they do?
If your health is already fine, don't diet.
What if they're self-conscious about their body shape?
The simplest way is to follow the treatment plan diabetes patients use:
Eat three proper meals a day.
Don't cut back on rice portions—keep your rice intake up.
Eat vegetables before the rest of your meal.
No snacking between meals.
No juice, sports drinks, or vegetable juice.
Don't eat within 5 hours of bedtime.
Quit alcohol and tobacco.
Do just this and you will absolutely lose weight.
I'm self-conscious about my belly pooch.
How do I fix that?
'Skeleton girls.'
Re: #93
Anorexia is actually a terrifying illness, you know.
You literally can't eat.
Everyone ends up throwing it back up.
It's not just the body that turns unsettling—the mind and sense of ethics break down too.
That's where lookism ultimately leads.
Once you're past 30 though, losing weight is nearly impossible.
If you're already obsessing over losing weight at 16, either your diet, your values, or both are already a mess.
If it requires mandatory My Number (Japan's national ID) registration, plenty of people will push back on that too.
In the end it comes down to individual media literacy.
like a vaccine.
✕ "apparently they give it on a regular schedule"
✓ "they should give it on a regular schedule"
there's an argument that minors still in compulsory education—who struggle to judge right from wrong—should stay off it.
I'll be watching to see whether this turns into a bigger wave here too.
Over there, opposition to banning social media for minors has already grown loud.
Japan's always a lap behind on everything.
Background and key points of the debate
Mounjaro (tirzepatide) was originally approved as a treatment for type 2 diabetes, but because it suppresses appetite and produces dramatic weight loss, it’s increasingly being prescribed for dieting purposes through self-pay clinics and online consultations outside insurance coverage. The doctors’ request stems from a case in which a minor encountered information about the drug via social media and went on to actually use it. What divided the thread was how enforceable any ban would really be—some noted that age verification would likely require something like mandatory My Number (Japan’s national ID) registration, which would draw its own backlash. Many comments also placed the blame less on social media itself and more on medical providers who prescribe treatment drugs to minors on flimsy grounds, while others compared Japan’s slow response to the EU and other countries already moving to regulate minors’ social media use. One point readers may easily get wrong: Mounjaro itself isn’t sold over the counter as a “diet pill”—at its core, it’s a diabetes medication.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Breaking News+) thread “High schooler saw “get skinny” info on social media, turned to Mounjaro… doctors call for “ban on social media for under-16s”.”
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