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>Average Japanese diets are much healthier than American diets; there is less of a car culture, public transport is common. The same can be said about most wes
by swebs 6y ago
>Average Japanese diets are much healthier than American diets; there is less of a car culture, public transport is common.
The same can be said about most western Europe countries, yet they still have obesity rates above 20% compared to 4% in Japan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_r...
>But do go on about fat shaming being effective.
It looks like the most likely explanation here.
- pm90 6y agoNope, Western European cultures do not have a car culture. Stop promoting nonsense theories.
- swebs 6y agoThat's what I meant. Western European countries rely extensively on public transit and walking, much like Japan. Yet their obesity rate is several times higher than Japan's (though still lower than the USA).