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> Weight has been increasing for nearly 40 years now in the US among all groups. Although interestingly it's still far lower among Asians in the US than any ot
by pton_xd 3y ago
> Weight has been increasing for nearly 40 years now in the US among all groups.
Although interestingly it's still far lower among Asians in the US than any other group. Why is that?
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html
- pixl97 3y agoA small group that's used a different selection mechanism than the primary population is really a poor metric to judge the majority. It seems likely that we'd find that migrant populations that have to a lot of work to get where they are have a higher motivation level than the general population. One should look at Asian obesity level growth, then compare the populations you're talking about in particular https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/320411/adbi-wp743.pdf https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/320411/a... Some Asian countries still have rather low obesity growth compared to the world average.