Why are Asians so Skinny?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, the list goes on, why are Asians more skinny than us in the West? Based on my 10 plus years of experience living in the far East, I answer try to answer these questions...
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The confidence to express and communicate like that to a camera in public is impressive.
mickmon well you will notice when you’ve been to China that people just don’t give two fucks over there.. you can do the weirdest stuff in public and they won’t look at you twice
@@xoxoredstrawberry It's true 😂
Asians have no shame
@@cyclopstips416 ignorant and stupid
Cyclops Tips I bet u r a fat ass bitch
Gotta give you credit being able to stand in those crowds and still be able to get your point across. Another great video!
It's called "Surrender"... You do not try to compete with the crowd, or, they too will get louder..
When I grew up in the 70's it was rare to have fat kids, usually about 5 in the whole school,
Nowadays, those numbers are reversed
That's right. In fact a lot of us were under weight in the 70s.
Even when I was a kid in the 80s in my schools maybe 1 or 2. But milk and cheese and dairy have nothing to do with being fat.
@@arkhamknighttheboss You are absolutely correct. Actually, high calcium intake is very "metabolic".
@@waterheaterservices I didn't start putting on weight until I turned 30.
Years ago, my Han Chinese boss told me “Lose weight!” And I did. Then he told me “Get a younger wife!” And I didn’t. I got fired.
That was cruel. You have all my sympathy Mr Mancini. 😊😌
😂Very interesting story
Your boss was a mgtow 🤣😂
Joe Mancini I would have replied in a very rude manner, none of his business what you do in your personal life. In fact if your employer make such commnets in Australia the law is with you and the employer will have troubles.
What was his goal??? 😂😂😂
In the 60s, 70s, and 80s it was more common for Americans to be thin. It's not clear to me specifically what changed to cause weight gain. It's not caused by eating bread, butter, or not walking. It could be caused by social acceptance of being overweight, though. Essentially, people trying less hard to be slim.
And lots of smoking
Growing up in Guangzhou, being fat is very embarrassing. For example, in my elementary school years, most of my classmates didn't want to be my friends because I was chubby.
Damn that's messed up
Same in the UK lol. Same everywhere. Human nature
@@alecgurney9305 yeah same in uk lol but its probably not the same in america, they love fat people
It's not messed up, it's actually helpful in the long run for people to feel shame about something which is within their control that is detrimental to their own health and the national wellbeing
Fatshaming works?
when I was in the US， when I said I wanted to walk people looked at me like I was a maniac
Store across the street, hey huey did you go to store on your break, me- yes i walked, them-wait you walked across the street, me-yea, them-wait you didn't drive, me-walks away
Walking it’s a helluva drug!
- Rick James 👩🏽🦱 🎸
I had this in Hungary but with cycling, tbh I understand her now if the only road to the city is an unprotected 80km road, I was used to cycle paths everywhere in the Netherlands. That was a wake up call to just how spoiled I was when it comes to cycling
exactly. I say I want to take a walk for fun, my western hubby would be like: What’s wrong with you...
Oklahoman here. Yeavwe don't walk unless its for the sake of walking. unless its literally across the street we drive. doesnt matter if Its a 1/2 mile ill drive (mostly cuz its faster and ac/heat). Simply its hard for something to be so close walking is faster. If something is less than 1/4 mile away its still faster to hop in my car. Its gotta be across the street or we ain't walkin.
But we will go out for a walk but for fun not to get something. Then ide have to carry it back lol
You didn't mention sugar: in American diets, for sure! Otherwise, good video! I never thought about the milk, cheese, bread, etc.
High fructose corn syrup in everything not just soft drinks, bread, pastas etc, why do you think everyone makes millions $$$$$$$ on corn
@mortalwombat because he's comparing them directly to Americans or Westerners in general?
Converting sugar into fat is inefficient. The fat you eat is the fat you wear.
@@dieabsolutegluckskuche5174 Wow! Didn't know! Just know my weight training book diet.....no more than 25 gm of fat per day. AND.....that's all fat - includes saturated fat and regular fat.
The same thing that goes into bread goes into their noodles
Don't even need to watch the video to answer that question. It's because they eat mostly rice and vegetables instead of bacon cheeseburgers and fries.
wrong, if you go to China, you will see how much meat they eat everyday!!! It´s genetic
Yes we do eat lots of vegetables but we put tons of oils in it... and rice are high in sugar and not recommended if you wants to lose weight. The thing is Americans eat too much sugar, like all those deserts are so freaking sweet. Japanese eats healthy mostly but Chinese food is not that healthy. The reason a lot of Chinese girls are so skinny is because we have the social image and the society is just rude to fat ppl... which is kinda sad
Gotta say americas cakes are so sweet 😬
Mmmm Bacon cheeseburgers
I eat my veggies and rice every day and almost never any food yet i still weight 52kg (116 pounds) with 154cm (5 feet) it may not be obese but my teacher says i need to get more slimmer i exercise 5 times a week yet i still can't lose any weight
I live in the USA, and it hits me the same way. Many years ago, my Korean Karate instructor told me I was getting fat! I noticed and changed my lifestyle and have been fit ever since. Perhaps an American would have considered it rude, but I was grateful and still am.
He may have saved your life also.
Yes, it was good, and I often think about that day when he did "save" my life! The karate I learned had it's moments too :-)
With me it was Aikido and Kung fu which I studied in the PI, Two fights and they kept me from getting my butt kicked. Plus while in the Pi I lost 30 lbs. Slim, trim fighting machine. ha ha ha.
I find It's the food quantity and availability... I'm up in canada and did a trip to the states recently, I find there's sooo much abundance of food. food in your face, in much larger quantities and at a low price. You end up really having to take personal control over how much you will eat, and controlling quantity. It's wild
Francis - That's for sure!
I've met a Japanese girl once and spoke to her about their stereotypes of westerners. She brought out mainly two things: they have big bellies and they eat a lot of bread. Sounds close to what you described.
This is changing. I was actually thinking about this the other day. I've been in China for over 10 years and for most of my time here, fat and obese was a rarity. A few days ago, I was people watching and it struck me that there are a lot of fat people. Cars are more common and there is no concept of portion control, because meals are communal. Sports are viewed as dangerous, and getting tired is almost as terrifying as death. On another note, in the north, 馒头, which is basically Chinese bread, is king.
Western diet; large quantities of sugar, fats, salt, masses of wheat, large quantities of meat, loads of dairy products, potatoes including chips (fries), corn (including corn starch) and a small amount of green veggies, plus lots of processed and convenience foods.
Asian diet; rice (including rice noodles), seasonal veggies, fruit, fish and seafood, eggs and small amounts of meat.
There's a huge difference in food culture and eating habits.
Yep that's all really cool, my diet is almost identical apart from the home grown organics and I'm gluten free. I don't consider that a typical Western diet.
I was attempting to illustrate the differences between East and West diets to show the possible cause of Western obesity. BTW I don't consider Asians to be skinny, some of them are that's obvious but most of them are normal. Their eating habits are healthy which makes them much healthier that most Westerners.
the big one is sugar,and all the processed food now has sugar in it.
Yeah, saw those in my summer school course, alittle more tits and ass compared to my generation.
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I agree with the general message but boi, if you think asian people don't eat meat you are very wrong :^) Granted most of it is white meat, but its still a lot more than just a bit
Genetically, we're (Chinese) also more predisposed for diabetes and high cholesterol so ... too much risk in being overweight, and the doctors would be warning us much earlier than Westerners.
Daniel McDermott: Both nations face different health challenges. But the USA is... something else, I mean I just came back from there and I feel I was in Jurassic Park. It is full blown crisis over there.
Sebastian Pokowski loool
That would be down to the lack of exercise.
there is a fly on my screen, it's making me sick!
嗯，一点点东西给你在茶..
It's weird when people stop and start staring at the camera
Or just pass in front of it while someone is trying to film, come on.
maybe they thought the white guy was a spy haha
@@nicolen3898 dumbest spy ever if so lol. right in the middle of a crowd.
Calorie in, calorie out. Pure simple. Eat less, burn more.
But if you're stressed out and eating sweets, your body may send out hunger signals strong enough to make you too tired to move.
Actually a calorie is not a calorie. You should watch "The Skinny on Obesity". A calorie from a carrot affects you MUCH differently than a calorie from a candy bar. It you eat 2,000 calories a day from salads, and eat 2,000 calories a day from junk food, you will gain more weight from the junk food. Same number of calories. Different effects on insulin.
Tony Iacomi wrong
@@donnelly1863 No, you are wrong. Been debunked 2 decades ago. I recommend "The Skinny on Obesity." That should help you get started
Man..when I came back from South Korea to the U.S. I was slapped in the face with the realization that we are huge fat added.
Thats kinda what happens in the Star Trek universe. Basically they are hinting that in the future that might just happen.
Provocateur no its not actually bread and milk, we Indians have lot of milk products in our diet and we are not fat. The thing is that Americans eat at restaurants too often in which lot of cream and unhealthy stuff is used.
Saurabh Kumar i think its the whole sugar stuff and the fact that american food has an very bad quality like corn sirup and the whole chemical stuff that is banned in other countrys
I was in the PI for a year and lost like 30 lbs. I did not starve. We have become a nation over obese out of shape fatties.
I live in the states. It’s the additives basically fake food/genetically modified or engineered plants with barely any nutritional value over use of antibiotics and chemicals. Most Americans can’t afford fresh food because of the cost of living especially when your make less than $10 an hour and are on government assistant. A lot jobs won’t allow you move up the job ladder so you’re pretty much stuck eating crap because you’re more worried about the money and hours so you pay rent. The EPA and FDA barely get much funding that is why we have outdated science policies that is exploited by corporations and lobbyists. It’s a hot mess. I was actually on an clinical diet and health coach basically told me stay away from white processed sugar and high fructose corn syrup and when ate something that contained it I gained a pound or two.
100% agree about your #1 point: walking. Seriously, in America nobody walks. People call a 10 minute walk "far" and look at me crazy when I tell them I walk 20 minutes somewhere.
Chinese people don't walk either they have electric bikes that they use all the time they're lazy as you can get by their own admittance.
Waingro808 For all americans reading this, dont mess with Rice People like ur Grandfathers did in Vietnam. See, they ended up in Coffins and lost the war anyway. Peace out ✌️
DrivingHawaii people drive because it faster you tard. In china its crowded thats why people walk.
Jeremy The Cool You’re a bitch, keep talking like that and your country will be Hiroshima 2.0
Actually in NYC they do. Portland, Oregon also and ride bikes there.
Those cheese burgers and pizza add up quickly!
Walks 3 or 4km in 15 to 20 mins? 12km/hour walking speed?
I think he just said what he felt like, its usually 25 to 35 min walk
I walk 1 km in 10 minutes my fastest speed without being sweat.
Yea, he's nuts
impossible unless you're running with a decent pace, 20 mins is about 1.5km in average
Power walking friend.
In Hong Kong, i ate 5-6 times a day (the capital of good food!) and in two weeks, i lost couple of kilograms. Not only you walk in a jogging manner all day long, it's often is also sort of an uphill jogging :) Good diet, lots of walking, and very exhausting hard working lifestyle, that's basically the secret.
Yep. Sitting on your butt playing video games and eating Big Macs and you will be fat.
your brave filming in that crowd of people like that. not sure if i could do that. most of the passers by seemed fairly interested and friendly though. Also, big fan of the show!
winston has balls of steel
People in China just don't care. On a normal day someone living in a city sees 1000s of people on a normal day. Seeing things that stand out isn't anything new there. Really cool.
My Japanese idol group, UPUPGIRLS, shoot a music video through the streets of HongKong. No problem, except for those people who walk infront of the camera ^_^;;
you didn’t think it was rude of them? a lot angrily stared and purposely got in front of the shot
Lisa R they'll steal the camera and scream "WORLDSTAR HAHA GANG SHIT NIGGA" whilst they record it
I'm not fat, I just store a lot of energy. :-)
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@@alissaviolet6281
Don't be sad or frown - You're always Beautiful.
No matter what a person looks like it's Truly a Nice Personality and Character that we love.
And Apart of being Beautiful is being able to laugh at the dumb jokes of other people -
p.s - when I was younger I was overweight and people made fun of Me -
- So I would tell them -- I'm Not fat, I just store a lot of energy - they would laugh and start being nice.
I like the 80's early 90's feel in the intros. I am a kinda recent sub to your channel. I am catching up on video years in the pass
I’ve been living in Japan for 17 years and there seems to be an increase in overweight young people, though it is still by far many fewer than in the western countries I know. What we have been seeing here is more and more varieties of high calorie, high fat snack foods and a lot of focus on promoting them through store displays and features on TV programs. I suspect the cheap cost (a Snickers bar is cheaper than an apple most of the year) and abundance of these sweets is contributing to the situation. Also, a lot of kids prefer to play computer games over playing actively outside.
To my understanding, sugars and simple carbs are more the culprit than fats. Fats are satiating, but sugars and simple carbs are rapidly digested, so leave you hungry again quickly.
Fat isn't the enemy maybe trans fat but saturated fat is not bad the real killer is sugar
especially in Okinawa, where the American military base.
Portions in Japan are smaller to. From their drinks to the size of their fries. They eat smaller portions. And the excersize more. Right?
@Provocateur that's just mean. Japanese people are some of the nicest most respectful people you will ever meet. I worked for a Japanese company for 12 years. And it was the best job I ever had.
So many American neighborhoods do not have sidewalks! Going for a walk is like playing IRL Frogger. I have to drive to a park just to walk! It sucks.
Jeremy The Cool lmaoooo
Jeremy The Cool thats a good threat
Jeremy The Cool learn decent grammar lmao.... peace out
I did not end up in a coffin.
People like you only cause hate. They are Vietnamese. And yes I served there in Vietnam.
Your wife is very sweet and innocent. It's so cheerful to see her introduce the new video🙂 💙💙
These videos are historic GEMS 💎
4:16 wow. The girl in green cloth is a real beauty.
I noticed her too. She IS beautiful.
Jeff Rouse yeath
I noticed it too, every now and then there's a top 10/10 waifu in his videos
damn, you are good! I had to rewind the video tape to see it.
Louis Wu too short
Northern Chinese eat a lot of wheat based food and meat. Southern Chinese eat a lot more rice and fish. Therefore, northern Chinese are bigger and taller and fatter. A lot of what is said in your videos only reflect that part of China with which you're familiar.
Definitely Beijing Guys look like men and shanghai guys look like shrimps.
@Víctor you do of course understand that it is evolutionary in nature.. not simply a case of wheat= extra inches?
@Víctor No evidence exists to suggest or prove that humans were taller than now generally. if it does please link it or send me to the right place. thanks
@Víctor you can apply the same logic to any statue of a human, does it suggest to archeologists 1000 years from now that we were as big as the statues? In my country we have structures being uncovered from 2000BC. 20 mins walk from me are cairns (tombs) from 3500-4500 years ago those tombs contain recesses that are slightly too small for the average human today. in many towns in my country there are stone building hundreds of years old with small doorways ( practical dwellings not monuments) in contrast to this we also have castles with vast doorways that were that way to allow horses, carts and men with banners to walk 3 abreast... in all fairness large doorways suggest either large groups of men passing through or vehicles of some kind and also equipment and materials or of course people build big to impress. as I said before no evidence exists to suggest humans were bigger in the past but plenty of evidence exists to suggest they were smaller both in human remains and architecture. So no these monuments do not suggest a different human physiology.
@Víctor There are sparse historical records,myths,tales,stories whatever of a land in the south west coast of England the same applies to an island of the coast of Ireland. these places were populated ( highly likely) and are now lost under the sea. The same reasons that I find seas shells in the soil in the hills where I live 700 feet above sea water. the answers are there. not sure what you mean about inside.
Very informative. Great points and arguments made. Keep it up.
Fascinating as always. Thank you!
Seriously I almost know everything you ever told in your videos about china because i am also living here for almost 8 years but your personality and videos are so good it becomes addiction.
You can get rich in China selling good walking shoes too!
went to Italy, everyone was normal.
caught plane to come home and it struck me that Americans were big . Over weight seat mates encroaching on my side. yuck
Right. The Asian Big Mac would be a Junior Mac in the US.
Depends completely on your Libido..
Strange, but hard to find a steak larger than 3 Ounces in China.., they just do NOT eat meat as a staple part of their diet.. They use pieces of meat in dishes for the 'Flavor'.., not the 'content'.., as we do in North America..
*"french paradox"*
Look up "Keto Diet". Saturated fats 75% protein 20% carbs 5%.
Look up Ruled.Me.com and DietDoctor.com for more information.
+William Stewart: Mongolian do (eat steak) , we used to call them barbarian.
2021 and still an awesome video.
So rude just walking in front of the camera.
bro he set up in a croweded place
Seeing you just trying to record yourself while all these people walk in front of the camera or wave and whatnot makes me wonder... Do you have leftover clips or bloopers? Would you make a compilation of the "best" ones?
+ablationer I certainly do
Great idea for a video, can't wait to see it lol.
I was living in Shenzhen until July last year. I had my youngest there. The pregnancy was such a miserable experience for me, people calling me fat everyday, everywhere I went, constantly commenting on the size of my belly. Telling me what not to eat, not to drink cold stuff etc. and I was like thank you, now go away please. Now that I managed to get my ass out of China, I still think my four years there were the worst of my life. That being said, I do often watch your and laowhy’s videos merely out of interest. And I salute you for how long you’ve lived there.
Well done for enduring that
You're a trooper and an angel. When my mom was pregnant with my younger brother she was...a force not to be reckoned with.
Sorry, but we Chinese don't really care too much about basic decency and body shaming is considered OK. But calling pregnant women fat is just too much. Gaining weight during pregnancy is very normal. I guess others just try to help you stay in shape but the culture is so different so they weren't aware that it hurts your feeling.
Wait so how the hell do Chinese women do it then they get pregnant. Do they gain any weight at all, or do their stomachs grow?
Being incredibly skinny as a man isn't exactly an advantage. There's also just a genetic component where they have low muscle tone, smaller bones and are shorter, so they require less nutrition in general.
Anybody could be skinny like that, and I am right now and its not healthy. It's not as unhealthy as being obese but it's probably as unhealthy as being a little chubby
@bad bad mc bad That's not true ! I live here in Japan where they are "Asian" and they do not do that and they eat a lot healthier than Americans I can tell you that for sure, with the exception of Southern California where they tend to eat more healthy and are a lot more slimmer than the rest of America! I'm Also American Caucasian and I've had 2 children and even after that My body weight is still lower than the average American girl. My wight is 60 KG and I'm 171 CM
@bad bad mc bad you consider North Korea a "modern first world nation of Asia"? Really?
bad bad mc bad oh is that so? Please enlighten me. What is your definition of a “first world country” and how does N.Korea fit in that category?
bad bad mc bad oh right and I take that by “modern technology”, you mean nuclear technology? How neat, owning nukes automatically makes you a “first world country” lmao. Let’s throw their GDP, living standards and human development index out the window, who cares about them anyway am I right? Those starving people with little to no freedom must be living a happy life knowing that their country’s got nukes, human rights are overrated anyway. My oh my ain’t you a smart one, you are clearly knowledgeable about this matter.
Your friend, Naomi, needed to be featured in this video!😍
That's our secret, captain, we are always hungry. By HOLK
@stk piercingis he is joking, he mean duplicate version of hulk
Listen to 3:12 - 3:17 closely
that mau-mau-mau-mau-mau in the background 😂
-_ the person was imitating him lol
Don't be to listen closely That's all I can hear lol
I drove around NY yesterday and tried spotting skinny people. I managed to spot 2 out of about 10
Try it in texas
I love this channel so much 愛
Most Asian people have a good nutrition daily diet, and we don't eat much of fast food, sweets, pastry we don't take much butter, cream and sugar and we constantly remind each other about health and unhealthy food!
my thoughts
I'm half asian and eat junk like a pig.
I'm still a stick.
You eat a lot of oil, sauce and fat though which creates high cancer risk. hen my mother in law came here she used a whole bottle of oil in like 2 days i was shocked. It takes me weeks to finish one.
Chrissi Kirkland i wish i was like that..im ded inside..😔
Yep, lipids give you cancer. That's totally a real thing and not bullshit.
I'm half Asian if I do eat what I want I reach the size of Earth... I get fat so easy ...
I live in Ireland, Dublin city. One day I decided that I would start cycling to work. I was almost destroyed by most people in my work. Most of them have nice few years old cars, of course on credit. They wanted to make me an idiot who did not know what he was doing. Unfortunately, but part of the world is spoiled by money and fighting for who is richer and has better gadgets.
brilliant work as usual
How is rice and noodles different from bread? Yes there are types of noodles that are high in fiber but most of the time they are all just carbs
Edit: runs out rice is just pure carbs compared to bread being more "balanced"
I find it funny that you and C-milk uploaded videos about the same thing at the same time.
I am guessing that is by design since they promote each others videos.
Well they both are good and share a TH-cam channel called ADVChina, so that is true.
hooah!
agreed
maybe they had a plan
Thank you. A very interesting topic you chose there. I find it surprising that dairy products are considered a no, no in China, and that rice means more to them than just a staple diet. Of course, here in the West we have started to go the other way and now regard fat as an essential nutrient, whilst carbohydrates such as rice are considered fattening.
I also think that bone structure comes into play. My mother is half-Japanese, and when I put my wrist up against hers or my (Japanese) grandmother’s, it’s so much thicker.
Bone structure is different from fat deposits!!! You can be big boned but skinny , pls . Read basic anatomy’s
You have good videos, i'm mostly watching your videos because of interest in other cultures.
I love how people are looking for whom your're talking to, lol
Haha I saw body pump class in that gym. That's what I teach! Yeah I'm a trainer😄
Dankie!! Lekker videoclips en gee mens 'n totaal ander persepectief op vreemde kulture :)
I really like this style of video.
I would just like to point out that if it was a distance of 4km and you walked there in 15-20 minutes then that means you were going 12-16 km/h. That would be walking a mile in 6 minutes.
IKR! I live 1.5 miles from school yet it takes me 30 minutes to walk it so I thought it was insane how he could go double the distance in half the time
I do 5k in 10 minutes...*maximum*, and that's at regular walking speed. I know because this is my daily walk to college. 12-16km/h is pretty normal.
For reference;
-The US Army expects a man to be able to do a minimum of 20 kilometers within 3 hours with a 30kg load(that's rifle and kit), that's walking march.
-Normal human running/sprinting speed is between 20 and 40km/h
You people are just fat, slow and lazy. That's especially if it takes you a half hour to walk 2-3km.
5k is 3.1 miles. If you could run it in 10 minutes, you would shatter several world records.
12km/h is very different than 16km/hr. It's about the difference between a 8minute pace and 6 minute pace (in miles).
Walking at either of those speeds is rather impressive. If you can do it at the second, you will make the olympic team!
FYI, a 15min walking pace(miles) is considered brisk for a young person. Older and out of shape people are more around 20 minutes per mile.
I walk it and no...no I wouldn't. Unsurprisingly 20-30kp/h is entirely normal fast-walk-to-run speed.
To be exact, I measured my time thuslly.
It's about 2.5km to my college - which I do in 5-7 minutes.
It's a further 2.5km to the center of my town - which I do in another 5-7 minutes. Thus, 5k in 10-14 minutes.
This is nothing unusual, this is a brisk walk for most normal people. Once again, the Burger proves the he does not understand the concept of human locomotion.
Wow. 5k in 10 minutes? That's pretty impressive, since the world record 5k is 12.37. You should inform the Olympic committee that you're the fastest man in the world by a pretty big margin. Well done again, you super human!
they also prefer local food over junk food unlike the Americans who are big fan of junk food
MF Khaleel not all americans eat junk food , there are a lot of vegans and vegetarians etc
@@contourbae There are a lot of different kinds of food between junk food and vegan food.
Being vegan is not that good for you, but if want to get thinner, why not.
@@contourbae You dont have to be vegan to get healthy. The problem is american cooking methods, most of them deep fried meanwhile asian ; steam, boil, grilled or even raw.
Hold on. As of late,I’ve seen many over weight asians in China,Vietnam. They are into fast food with glee Yes maybe their are slim but not as slim as you make them out.
Yes I saw a documentary about obesity rising in China
Glad to hear anything positive from you about china
Winston, listening you talk Chinese is fascinating to me.
Budget Audiophile TV his Chinese is amazing 😂
In the west, there are lots of desserts, cakes, biscuits, chocolate, sugar, cream, muffins, ice cream, cookies
However most of the healthiest countries in the world are in Europe
www.healthfitnessrevolution.com/10-healthiest-countries-in-the-world/
chinese ppl are too poor to afford enough food. that is why they are so skinny
Healthiest but not skinny.
Go to affluent Chinese cities like Singapore or Hong Kong. They have money and can afford food but are not fat. Same with Japan and South Korea.
Probably the skinniest countries in the world are those where there is no food. The decisive parameter is healthiness, however a healthy people can't be fat for obvious clinical reasons.
theuglykwan wtf? Singapore and Hong Kong are not parts of china!
The first thing that struck me when I went to the far east, Singapore for the first time. Looking at the crowd of people walking leaving the pier. They had all black hair. No variation of colour.
I love this video because it avoids uni-variable explanations.
In life, there's always more than one reason why a thing is the way it is.
Only a Sith deal in absolutes
LoL, well.. I guess it's not easy to miss that I'm CHINESE American... I look like Jabba the Hutt :) If I move to France or Asia, I'd probably be skinny
Because...eat less junk food?
No, there is a lot of junk food that is popular in China, such as instant noodles and fried chicken.
Hui Zhang we have our way to keep health.that is a culture of China.
I am Chinese...I was joking HIAHIAHIA
in Canada it is the weather. It gets super cold in the winter months and so people get stuck indoors where they do no exercise.
Go to Vancouver where the weather is warmer and people are a lot thinner.
0:25 That's a lot of flags
A lot of red flags.
Liked, great job. It's funny to see so many Chinese people not give a Fk walking in front of the cam but you kept going with a smile. 🙄
but i think it's not a good place to take shot there since it seems very crowded not many space left for people to walk. in here we usually move aside when people trying to take a pict but i doubt people would do the same if it's too crowded.
Australia here... I would walk between somebody and the camera lol...
well I would, its not like they own or have priority over that public space
The world lacks decent people
Tampatec
Hey Winston It's Corey! Love the vids! 🇺🇸
Omg your brit and speak Chinese that's amazing. Fluently?
No, it wasn’t fluent. I’m Chinese and it wasn’t really fluent, but you can understand and he gets his point across.
The portion of food they serve in US is twice the size of what I get in Hongkong, not to mention the soft drinks.
It is important to understand that the "body positivity" has warped many women in believing they are healthy at any size... only the slowest of people fall for it of course but that adds up to a lot of people. Sad really.
Other part of my comment wasnt serious, before anyone gets offended (except for the middle eastern part lol)
This video reminds me of one of my business trips. I spent three weeks in Guangxi. During those three weeks, I only saw two overweight people. Even then, they were only a bit chunky, not morbidly obese. After I arrived in the US, I stopped by an Outback Steakhouse for a takeout order. I looked around and started giggling. It seemed about half the patrons were morbidly obese, not just a bit chunky.
When I go to Asia, I tend to lose weight. My guess of the reasons are: 1. I walk a lot more than in the US, 2. I don't usually stuff myself in Asia. I really like the food (China in particular), but I just don't stuff myself like I do in the US. I think the food is generally not as calorie dense. Chinese food satisfies me easier (and I am not hungry after an hour, unlike some Americans in the USA after having a Chinese dinner), possibly because of the lower calorie density. 3. I don't snack as much in Asia. They don't have snack foods there that I like. I just don't find the snack foods in Asia appetizing. Well, there are some I quite like, but I am just don't feel a compulsion to eat as much as I do with American snacks.
I was born in 1951 and I remember as a kid in the 50s and 60s very rarely ever seeing anybody who was obese, or fat. One might occasionally see people who were a little chubby but that would usually be with some of the elderly.
The difference now is striking, especially with young people, kids especially. I notice that it is particularly prevalent in young women, perhaps because they generally don't get much exercise.
Go to a food 4 less market in Southern California and I swear that at least 8 out of 10 people are seriously overweight.
Omg that's bad
One time my thyroid got revved up and I lost 50 lb with no change to diet or lifestyle. I say Doc you should have left it that way. He say no, bad for your heart.
Not cool to call people fat.
How did he fix it?
@@ale347baker Adjusted my meds.
Three words; 'The China Study' book.
Rice
+ Sweet potatoes too. In my home village in Fujian we eat LOTS of sweet potato. Most of the villages by the coast prefer growing sweet potato over rice because it's easier to grow it due to the climate.
That is right my man! The China Study, and The Starch Solution are great books. I basically live off sweet potatoes, potatoes, rice, veggies and fruit. I lost 15 kg with no exercise and feel amazing
ItsThatMilkshake and noodles.
And milkshakes right?
I've been living off just milk shakes for months now but the weight just doesn't come off!
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
I'll look into the 'The China Study' book.
Duane Degn haha only oat milk my man. I've been vegan for 13 months now :)
“Asia” is a huge place...China said they’ve had problems getting their young men to be able to pass basic PT requirements for military so...I dunno what to think or believe
Maybe because not many of them do any sport ?
I'm sure that's what he said.
Anyway why would they want to join the military ?!
My Hong Kong Chinese Girlfriend gained a tremendous amount of weight. She eats bread and dairy products. The very things you said Chinese people don’t eat. She used to be so skinny! She ended up marrying some other guy and that’s okay with me.
A chubby chaser
@sneksnekitsasnek Whatever makes you happy lol
20 minutes to walk about 2 and half miles??
my thoughts exactly
Time is relative.. You walk through air in china..
That's pretty fast. I remember clocking my own walking to 500 meters and quite exactly 5 minutes worth of walking. That's 100 meters per 1 minute. Or around 1,6-1,7 meters per second. He's walking twice as fast. 200 meters per 1 minute. But I guess when you walk a lot, you will get better at it and you'll become faster.
Get off your ass and time yourself!!! I walk at a fast pace and I cover about 4km in 15 min.
You should get your ass to Olympics. If you walk at fast pace at 16km/h, which is speed of very good runner, you will beat everyone when you start running... omg
because they eat to life not life to eat
live* In other words they have poor diet.
More like they are starving
The Spaniel Inquisition I eat well and I'm relatively skinny.
The Spaniel Inquisition more like not lazy gluttons.
what？thats a stereotype，we are not all poor starving people. i eat a lot，but im still skinny
Great video...So true...After 7 years in West Africa, I am living & working in Shanghai for 4 years now...Also i would like to remind please that the Chinese dont like to eat sweets too....Is a great opportunity for an expat to change for a lifetime his diet .....You are doing great job ...
@3:26 the Auto generated English subtitles are hilarious.
I was hoping to see a bunch of bikini examples of the skinny girls your talking about. haha
All the people passing by, thinking who the fuck is he talking too ;)
I absolutely love you videos !I have learned so much from them ! Keep up the awesome work . And stay awesome.
Love watching the public's reaction to you videoing.
Really enjoy your vids. There are some parallels between your experiences and mine. When I first came to Korea 20 years ago, finding a fat person, or even chubby, was like finding a needle in a haystack. A few years after I got here, many of the fast food places like Burger King, Pizza Hut, KFC, etc started opening up. - We used to have to take an hour subway ride into the heart of Seoul just to get Whopper - Along with really unhealthy eating options for relatively cheap, after school academies started multiplying and kids really began to have no active after-school life. PE in Korean schools, by the way, is mostly studying rules of sports... When my wife was young, kids had a mostly normal life after school; get home, have a snack, go out and play, do some homework, go to bed. Now kids are up at the crack of dawn, going to school where they might sleep, finishing up school and spending several hours in after-school academies. They don't often have time to eat, so they grab some fast food at the inevitable fast-food restaurant next to an academy, and they don't do much physical activity. Now, fatties abound and chubbies even more so. It's kind of sad, really. There is even a TV show where 4 obese people go around to restaurants and stuff their faces, literally. I hate that show and often wonder what my wife sees in it. Though if you can look past the people, the food looks great. Really enjoy your vids.
The same can be said for the US. I was looking through old videos from the 70s......... and the thing that stood out in my mind was that everybody was thin.
Yes, exercising plays a role but the real problem is processed food.
How prevalent are gyms in China?
Not very, and only in bigger cities. They're usually under equipped and also poorly run
I been to Xiamen ten times (my wife is from their) and I found some really nice ones with modern equipment , even a swim club that had a nice lap pool
Even in bigger cities are usually crap. For the same western experience (which in Europe might cost 200 euros per year tops) you pay twice or 3 times more. And this if you are not a foreigner. IF you are they will try to scam you
Not common and when I see people exercising they lack intensity and don't have good form when it comes to weight lifting.
serpentza, serious question, why do you always generalize to the lowest level there is? It almost seems like you hate the place lol
I live in China. There are 2 main reasons. Number one they don't eat a lot of junk food. When I ask my students what is their favorite food they say fish and rice. When I ask wouldn't you prefer a pizza they say "no because pizza is unhealthy and makes you fat." Also one thing that took a bit of getting used to in China was the portion sizes. In a restaurant here the portion sizes are about half the size of the UK. They aren't small. It's just the UK sizes are way too big. If you avoid junk food and eat two or three normal sized healthy meals a day you will never get fat. I think in China a lot of people's daily caloric intake is way under 2000. They probably eat less in a day than I used to eat in one meal in the UK.
Like a very confident businessman :D thumbs up for that and for the information
Sepentza, I'm "calling you" on the rice and noodle theory. Its just not correct. Eating processed carbs, like white rice and noodles, is equally if not worse that dairy and meat. First off fatty foods fill you up quickly, and suppress your appetite, even make you nauseous in excess. Carbs are not naturally regulated that well, and it makes these easy to over consume. But the main problem with rice and noodles is those carbs are easily (through your metabolism) converted into sugars and eventually body fat. Most people realize that sweets are bad, but eating processed carbs are really no different that eating desserts. Without exercise or a high metabolism - its all going to convert to body fat. My thought on why the Chinese people are generally more lean, is largely due to genetics. In addition, although they eat a lot of carbs in their diet, overall they dont eat huge portions like we do in America. As you pointed out, with the extra unavoidable exercise (like walking), they can burn most of those carbs (and fats) before they get turned into body fat.
A typical Chinese diet contains less amount of calories. The typical Chinese meal consist of a bowl of rice, a lot of vegetable and sprinkles of meat. Even though most of calories intake comes from rice, they only consume 120-200 calories from rice each meal. This is because the bulk of the food that they eat comes from vegetable.
He's not really thought that deeply on the issue and is just guessing. The walking part certainly is true.
LOL equally as bad a dairy and meat. . . . . moron
absolutely BS. carbs get stored about less than 3% as fat. You cant get fat eating 80% carbs. Only fat and sugar makes you fat hence the name. And thats just basic nutritional info.
Here in California most of the ladies are very overweight for the reasons that you mentioned. In addition, they drink soda instead of water, chemicals and hormones are in the make up, etc. Some ladies have attractive face and would be beautiful with a slim body but most are not attractive due to being overweight. The TV culture here has told the women that they are all queens so many times you see women very overweight showing their stomach. Yuck
great simple and to the point great video
Great video
So you came to America and didn't stop by to say hello?
I wanted to
Your wife is so cute welcoming everyone to another video 👍
Love your videos
so many people looking in the camera being happy 📸📸