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Carbs.

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Do you know how much rice they eat? The carb argument falls flat when you take into account their diet. As an aside, it is worth pointing out that they are getting fatter overtime too. They aren't immune to overeating either. I could link to studies charting the overweight, but it's more fun to point out that their titties are ever expanding.

https://soranews24.com/2019/02/13/japanese-breast-size-study-shows-rapid-growth-in-previously-smallest-busted-region-of-county/

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Carbs.

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S Koreans eats tons of meat and rice/noodles and are among the lease fat people in the world

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Do you know how much rice they eat? The carb argument falls flat when you take into account their diet. As an aside, it is worth pointing out that they are getting fatter over time too. They aren't immune to overeating either. I could link to studies charting the overweight, but it's more fun to point out that their titties are ever expanding.

https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/japanese-women's-breast-size-boasts-40-years-of-continued-growth

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fructose corn syrup

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Interesting. I've been in the US my entire life and I've never become fat.

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fructose corn syrup

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GMO


I ate like EPIC SHIT in Japan and lost a ton of fat for the couple of months I was their total.


Lots of folks with food allergies have them disappear.


Big pharma and big farm is killing the planet.

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The fattest people in the USA are the poorest.  Yes, the rant isn't directly related but never before in human history have the poorest people in a society been the most overweight.  So what changed?

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soy

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I've heard it suggested that it may be Roundup affecting our gut biome that would otherwise prevent obesity.

Apparently the US is one of the few countries that allows Roundup to be widely used on food.

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Corn syrup and ultra processed foods

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Because it is everything nowadays.

I don't remember the exact numbers but this is close

In the late sixties the average American supposedly consumed something like 4 pounds of sugar a year. Now it's like 16 pounds.

And that is added sugar. Stuff we don't control that companies put in our processed foods.

It's crazy and the truth really is that high fructose corn syrup is the devil. Not because of what it is but just because of it being in everything now.

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1. We give them money to buy food.  On average they are gonna be lazier, so they are gonna buy the cheap, easy to prepare, heavily processed and unhealthy food.  Hell I think you can use EBT at McDonald's now.

2. Throughout most of history the poorest people had to work, and typically did more manual labor.  Now we let them sit on their asses and play xbox or watch TV allday.

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There's something really fucked up about our food here. I have friends and family from overseas and they don't understand how our "organic" bread lasts for weeks without mold growing on it. I know people that have a gluten intolerance here in the states but back home they can eat all the bread they want and are fine. If I had to guess I'd say Roundup and corn syrup are two factors but GMO crops and preservatives probably play a part as well.


For Japan specifically, they don't eat the healthiest diets there BUT they have higher quality, cheaper food and most people don't own cars and are walking a LOT. On average Japanese people walk around 7K steps a day. They also fat shame which honestly we need to do more of here.

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Meh... I've had bad luck with bread. I have bought bread from Walmart, of all places, and it will grow mold by the end of the week. As you can tell from my location, I live in a very very dry climate too.

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Much more sugar in food. In industrialised countries in particular, it is often used to produce cheap food. In Germany, many things are far too sweet, it is the country with the second-highest sugar consumption in the world. The USA, however, has 25% more.

Bigger portions with much more calories, at least what you get at McDonalds, for example.

Less activity.

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All the things that are banned in other countries that are not allowed in their food. Those items are allowed here that's why we have high rates of everything.

I read an article that said do United States of America is number one in being overmedicated in the entire world.

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I think OPs point was that the people who come over here don't change their lifestyle that much, yet they still get fat. Going the other way, Americans who go live abroad also don't change their lifestyle, yet they end up skinnier.

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So many of the narratives of what we've been told about why Americans, and the west in general, is getting so fat... seem to run contrary to some of what we observe elsewhere.

Here are some things that have been blamed for obesity.

1. We're fat because we're rich.
Firstly, Im not entirely sure about that. Obesity rates seem to be higher in poorer communities IN America. If that was true, the reverse would be true with wealthier people being fat and poor people being skinny.

Secondly, Japan is a very wealthy country. Yet Japanese exchange students statistically put on quite a few pounds when they come to America.

2. Its all the Junk food!

Having traveled to Asia, believe me... they have junk food too. And its dirt cheap too. In fact, in Asia, people probably eat out more often than they do in America given how there are far more cheap street food options.

3. Its a personality deficiency.

Again, then explain why a Japanese person can be skinny their entire life in Japan... and when they come to America, they get fat? Does their personality just change immediately after coming to America?

Honestly, I suspect there is something fundamentally different about our food. I feel there is far more going on than what "LOL, just make better choices bro!" types want you to believe.

There are still skinny people in America, and so those people will just point at fat people saying "Well I can stay skinny, so its your fault!"
Perhaps. But Perhaps whatever is affecting the rest of society,... just doesnt seem to affect others as much?

I knew a guy who ate Wendys almost every day, for almost every meal. The most amount of exercize he would get is occasionally playing basket ball. He didn't run. He didn't lift weights. He EXCLUSIVELY drank sodas and juices. Absolutely could not drink water to save his life. Yet somehow, he was scrawny (WTF!?). He wasn't living a super active lifestyle. Yet I've known people who led fairly active lifestyles, who still manage to be fat... and didn't come NEAR his level of eating junk food.

There is something really fucky going on in America. I just dont know what it is.
Dont know if its because we've destroyed our Gut fauna, which perhaps in the past would have left us with more of a sensation of satiety throughout the day... and also consuming more of our calories for us?
Dont know if its chemicals being pumped into our food that make us addicted to the food/leave us hungry even after eating massive amounts of calories.
Something they put in the water?

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Please explain what difference it makes for sugar to come from Corn Syrup vs traditional Cane?

ETA: Nevermind. Sugarcane is Glucose. Corn, Dextrose. Still, what difference does it really make?

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I don't think I've ever seen a fat Japanese person.

Hoping there was a pic

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fructose corn syrup