8Asians.com: The Foodwise Effects of the West in Asia
Ernie
· 2 years ago
While I don't have any constructive to add to this conversation, I just want to mention that this is the best photograph ever.
jozjozjoz
· 2 years ago
I just want to say that I in my last few trips to Asia, I have noticed that Asians seem taller. But I did not notice any problem with obesity. Then again, they are talking about children.
jozjozjoz
· 2 years ago
Oh yes. Props for that photo.
Ernie is right... best evar!!!!!
Nicole Lee
· 2 years ago
While I believe that the foods of the West have made some negative impact in Asia, I honestly don't know if the impact was ever really that big. Most Asians still have a horribly distorted belief that girls should be skinny as a rail. A girl's size Small in the U.S. would probably be a size Large or Xtra Large in Singapore. A woman with a completely normal BMI in the U.S. would be considered fat in a lot of East Asian countries. The stigma is huge, and I don't really see it going away any time soon.
I understand what you're talking about with size portions in the U.S. and fast food and so forth, but I don't think obesity is as big a problem in Asia as the unrealistic expectations of beauty.
Mike
· 2 years ago
I wondered about the obesity issue too. In my experience, everyone was stick thin. And tall.
You're probably right - it's probably more a perception of beauty than a health problem. Unless all the obese people just don't walk around in the daytime, and that's why we don't see them. (Sort of like obese vampires? Whoa.)
John
· 2 years ago
That photo is SCARY! Are you sure that photo isn't Photoshop'd ???
Me thinks it may be propaganda built to encourage people to eat healthy and not junk fast food fare - not that the proproganda's message is bad, it's just fear motivated + a distorted perception of what the norm is.
Also, comparing junk food between the States and Canada - I nearly had a heart attack when I stepped into a grocery store in Michigan and the entire aisle was filled with refined sugar icing products - meant for consumption by children and teens.
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Ernie is right... best evar!!!!!
I understand what you're talking about with size portions in the U.S. and fast food and so forth, but I don't think obesity is as big a problem in Asia as the unrealistic expectations of beauty.
You're probably right - it's probably more a perception of beauty than a health problem. Unless all the obese people just don't walk around in the daytime, and that's why we don't see them. (Sort of like obese vampires? Whoa.)
http://popseoul.com/2007/04/09/son-ho-young-lee...
seem silly huh.
Me thinks it may be propaganda built to encourage people to eat healthy and not junk fast food fare - not that the proproganda's message is bad, it's just fear motivated + a distorted perception of what the norm is.
Also, comparing junk food between the States and Canada - I nearly had a heart attack when I stepped into a grocery store in Michigan and the entire aisle was filled with refined sugar icing products - meant for consumption by children and teens.