India, Jan. 1 -- In China, plus-sized people are paying good money to enroll in "fat prisons" - camps where they spend a grueling month exercising and following a strict diet to lose weight rapidly. Inmates at these fat prisons work out 12 hours a day under strict supervision and are forbidden from leaving the premises.

These camps have invited public scrutiny for promoting potentially dangerous rapid weight loss. Despite the potential downsides associated with sudden and unsustainable weight loss, they continue to attract hundreds of hopefuls who want to shed kilos.

One Australian influencer, who goes by 'eggeats' on Instagram, has been documenting her time at one such fat prison in China. Her videos have been going viral online, provi...