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Originally Posted by modest
I agree completely. I wonder if there might be sociological reasons for obesity. Have you considered why people living in urban Japan are some much less likely to be obese than people living in urban America.
On paper both are as sedentary and have the same "readily available" access to food. Obesity being a public problem (it costs medicare all kinds of money), I think it would be good to know the social causes so we can do something about it in an intelligent way.
For example, you wouldn't fix crime by saying people are stupid and violent as you wouldn't fix obesity by saying people are glutinous and lazy. Identifying sociological (and biological) reasons for crime is useful as it should be with obesity.
~modest
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The Japanese as a culture also have a drastically different diet than your typical American diet. They may have access to readily available calories, but do not necessary chose to eat in the same manner. They eat a lot more fish, a lot more seaweed, and drink quite a lot more green tea (which numerous studies have linked to lower body weight. Additionally, exercise is a mandatory part of many Japanese office environments. I think a comparative examination of the two cultures (American and Japanese) side by side would reveal something we already know. They move more and eat fewer Calories. We move less and eat more Calories.
