Comments on: The Foodwise Effects of the West in Asia http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/05/the-foodwise-effects-of-the-west-in-asia/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:43:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Xxxtine http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/05/the-foodwise-effects-of-the-west-in-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-9700 Xxxtine Wed, 09 May 2007 22:36:46 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/05/the-foodwise-effects-of-the-west-in-asia/#comment-9700 It kinda makes things like this: http://popseoul.com/2007/04/09/son-ho-young-lee-sora-are-fighting-obesity/ seem silly huh. Me thinks it may be propaganda built to encourage people to eat healthy and not junk fast food fare - not that the proproganda's message is bad, it's just fear motivated + a distorted perception of what the norm is. Also, comparing junk food between the States and Canada - I nearly had a heart attack when I stepped into a grocery store in Michigan and the entire aisle was filled with refined sugar icing products - meant for consumption by children and teens. It kinda makes things like this:

http://popseoul.com/2007/04/09/son-ho-young-lee-sora-are-fighting-obesity/

seem silly huh.

Me thinks it may be propaganda built to encourage people to eat healthy and not junk fast food fare – not that the proproganda’s message is bad, it’s just fear motivated + a distorted perception of what the norm is.

Also, comparing junk food between the States and Canada – I nearly had a heart attack when I stepped into a grocery store in Michigan and the entire aisle was filled with refined sugar icing products – meant for consumption by children and teens.

]]> By: John http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/05/the-foodwise-effects-of-the-west-in-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-9593 John Wed, 09 May 2007 05:44:25 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/05/the-foodwise-effects-of-the-west-in-asia/#comment-9593 That photo is SCARY! Are you sure that photo isn't Photoshop'd ??? That photo is SCARY! Are you sure that photo isn’t Photoshop’d ???

]]> By: Mike http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/05/the-foodwise-effects-of-the-west-in-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-9239 Mike Sun, 06 May 2007 17:59:23 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/05/the-foodwise-effects-of-the-west-in-asia/#comment-9239 I wondered about the obesity issue too. In my experience, everyone was stick thin. And tall. You're probably right - it's probably more a perception of beauty than a health problem. Unless all the obese people just don't walk around in the daytime, and that's why we don't see them. (Sort of like obese vampires? Whoa.) I wondered about the obesity issue too. In my experience, everyone was stick thin. And tall.

You’re probably right – it’s probably more a perception of beauty than a health problem. Unless all the obese people just don’t walk around in the daytime, and that’s why we don’t see them. (Sort of like obese vampires? Whoa.)

]]> By: Nicole Lee http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/05/the-foodwise-effects-of-the-west-in-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-9185 Nicole Lee Sun, 06 May 2007 09:50:50 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/05/the-foodwise-effects-of-the-west-in-asia/#comment-9185 While I believe that the foods of the West have made some negative impact in Asia, I honestly don't know if the impact was ever really that big. Most Asians still have a horribly distorted belief that girls should be skinny as a rail. A girl's size Small in the U.S. would probably be a size Large or Xtra Large in Singapore. A woman with a completely normal BMI in the U.S. would be considered fat in a lot of East Asian countries. The stigma is huge, and I don't really see it going away any time soon. I understand what you're talking about with size portions in the U.S. and fast food and so forth, but I don't think obesity is as big a problem in Asia as the unrealistic expectations of beauty. While I believe that the foods of the West have made some negative impact in Asia, I honestly don’t know if the impact was ever really that big. Most Asians still have a horribly distorted belief that girls should be skinny as a rail. A girl’s size Small in the U.S. would probably be a size Large or Xtra Large in Singapore. A woman with a completely normal BMI in the U.S. would be considered fat in a lot of East Asian countries. The stigma is huge, and I don’t really see it going away any time soon.

I understand what you’re talking about with size portions in the U.S. and fast food and so forth, but I don’t think obesity is as big a problem in Asia as the unrealistic expectations of beauty.

]]> By: jozjozjoz http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/05/the-foodwise-effects-of-the-west-in-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-9113 jozjozjoz Sat, 05 May 2007 22:18:08 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/05/the-foodwise-effects-of-the-west-in-asia/#comment-9113 Oh yes. Props for that photo. Ernie is right... best evar!!!!! Oh yes. Props for that photo.

Ernie is right… best evar!!!!!

]]> By: jozjozjoz http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/05/the-foodwise-effects-of-the-west-in-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-9111 jozjozjoz Sat, 05 May 2007 22:15:50 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/05/the-foodwise-effects-of-the-west-in-asia/#comment-9111 I just want to say that I in my last few trips to Asia, I have noticed that Asians seem taller. But I did not notice any problem with obesity. Then again, they are talking about children. I just want to say that I in my last few trips to Asia, I have noticed that Asians seem taller. But I did not notice any problem with obesity. Then again, they are talking about children.

]]> By: Ernie http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/05/the-foodwise-effects-of-the-west-in-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-9102 Ernie Sat, 05 May 2007 21:01:54 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/05/05/the-foodwise-effects-of-the-west-in-asia/#comment-9102 While I don't have any constructive to add to this conversation, I just want to mention that this is the best photograph ever. While I don’t have any constructive to add to this conversation, I just want to mention that this is the best photograph ever.

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