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My teacher was telling us to day is Japanese that she wouldn’t be considered skinny in Japan, even though she is really skinny (sometimes reminds me of a twig). Does any body know how skinny, skinny in Japan is?

~ Mira-tan

P.S. If the normal weights in other cultures, like Japan, are very low to the U.S.A., is that why the world sees the U.S.A. over wieght.

Um...I have no clue, but I found a webpage with stuff about that, there's some useful information pertaining to the topic in the comments...

http://japundit.com/archives/2006/12/14/4442/

Hope that helps. :/

They are, in general, a lot skinnier, largely due to their diet. That's also why they tend to be so much shorter than we are. However, with the introduction of things like McDonalds and drinking milk, they've gotten bigger, though not to the extent that we are, since they still don't eat as much junk as we do. While I was there, even though I was eating a lot because I was doing kendo and always hungry, I lost weight. Even with the added muscle mass (muscle is denser than fat) and increased intake. There are very few overweight people, and those who are generally are the ones who eat lots and lots of bread and mayonaise and sausages (all western foods).

I think they are so skinny because they all use chopsticks when they eat. When you eat with chopsticks it makes you eat a little slower than usual, and if you eat slow your digestive system has more time to digest the food, so it has mroe time to break down the fats. So eating slow makes you less fat. Plus, their diet. And aren't fat people frowned upon there?

I don't think that it really makes that much difference. Also, the lack of rules of etiquette about things like slurping would counteract that regardless. It's what they eat, and how much, not how quickly. Look at their diets, look at our diets, compare the average caloric intake and fat content and number of carbohydrates and things like that, and you'll find that Americans just eat WAY more than the rest of the world. When you see nutrition information on food packages, usually they're based on a 2000 calorie diet. According to something I read, Americans tend towards 150-200% of that (I think - I don't remember the exact figures), which is an incredible difference. There are also genetic tendencies towards different body types, and such.

Mine is 17 point something too. Whatever. As long as you two still menstruate, you should be okay.

The Japanese have the highest average life expectancy. They also have the highest rate of high cholesterol, due to all the salt in their diet (soy sauce...).
I think the Japanese people have a MUCH healthier diet.

It's not really that hard. If you're staying with a host family, then you would just have to let them know and they can just make sure to cook meat separately from vegetable dishes (as opposed to more mixed things). If you're on your own, there's tofu, which they eat a lot of anyhow. It's really not that hard, I think. One of my friends is going to Japan soon, and doesn't eat fish, so may as well be vegetarian. I wouldn't really be concerned if I were you - just be sure to let people know if they're cooking for you.