Comments on: Filipinos most sedentary, WTF?

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Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:39:03 +0000

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Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:32:16 +0000

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8Asians.com » Asian-American Youth and Juvenile Diabetes — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:25:53 +0000

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8Asians.com » Asian BMI: How I became Obese in 10 seconds — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:37:06 +0000

[...] I moved from overweight to obese. I felt tremendously frustrated. I have tried hard not be a sedentary overweight Filipino, putting in mileage, lifting weights, stretching, playing volleyball, even dancing salsa. I could [...]

By: Eun-jung

Eun-jung — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:25:46 +0000

This definitely can’t be right. All the Filipinos I know (including my best friend) and okay, maybe excluding Kuya J, Kuya A, and one other person who are slightly on the pudgy side – are the lightest and fittest people I know! So fit, in fact, that is to the point that it’s driving me crazy.

Although I do have to admit, it’s hard for me to turn down a lumpia.

By: Eun-jung

Eun-jung — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:25:00 +0000

Although I do have to admit, it’s hard for me to turn down a lumpia.

By: Tita

Tita — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:33:25 +0000

I think we Filipinos are just active in other ways: example, laughter, singing, dancing. We love these activities more than anything else. Sedentary my ass.