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> 1) Japan is not built around cars. There are more trains. You get to walk more. This is false. About half of the population lives outside big cities, where y
by euske 6y ago
> 1) Japan is not built around cars. There are more trains. You get to walk more.
This is false. About half of the population lives outside big cities, where you'll need a car to survive. I don't see people's shape changes in the rural areas.
> 2) Food portions are smaller, making it harder to overeat.
I think you got this backward. Food portions are smaller in Japan because people's stomach is smaller. Junk foods are cheap, so it's still easy to overeat.
- bouncycastle 6y agoahh, you beat me to it! Yes, good point about the smaller stomachs. Wikipedia says that "Studies show that there is a correlation between small stature and a longer life expectancy. Individuals of small stature are also more likely to have lower blood pressure and are less likely to acquire cancer." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height So this could be it ;-)