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>many salarymen seem to live on a diet of fried chicken, hard liquor and cigarettes. That's what surprised me the most visiting Japan. All the skinny people in
by carlmr 6y ago
>many salarymen seem to live on a diet of fried chicken, hard liquor and cigarettes.
That's what surprised me the most visiting Japan. All the skinny people in Japan eating fried chicken, fried mashed potatoes, fried everything.
The only thing I could make out for why they were skinny was insane levels of portion control. Since they definitely didn't have time to do sports.
- HungSu 6y agoAlso a tremendous amount of walking. Japanese urban planning is much more pedestrian friendly than say, almost anywhere in the US.
- carlmr 6y agoEurope has that, too but we're not that skinny.
- joachim4 6y agoBut Western European diet "americanized" itself a lot recently. For example in France, some of the staple meals are burgers, tacos[0] and kebab. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_tacos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_tacos
- stefap2 6y agoUS has a problem with activity. No sidewalks, go everywhere by car except in a few big cities.
- solidsnack9000 6y agoThey are eating a lot of other food, actually; and that's why it works.