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Originally Posted by wolfrainvn
I think there is a different in genetic information between the ancestor Japanese(Asian people) and Western people base on the environment basic, cause Western whether tend to be colder than Asia whether, i think so the people there need to store up more fat to keep body warm and in hot whether in Asia they do not necessery to stores up fat to keep their body warm. Because these genes existed in the ancestor so even though an Asian may move to a cold whether enviroment, but still remain slim as they inherited the genes from the Asian ancestor. I don't know :-), i just have a lecture on genes at Uni so i thought this is the reason  |
That's a great post. I heard about American / European women who feel really insecure and uncomfortable in their skin when they live over in Japan because Japanese women are natually leaner and thinner. They start to feel unattractive and such, but they don't seem to realize that the genetic make up of Asian women are slightly different due to climate and other things like you said. It's all in the DNA.
I wish that there wasn't such an emphasis on being thin as a cultural ideal in this world. Why can't people just be happy as themselves? If you want to loose weight then go for it, but don't do it because Nicole Richie is 100 pounds so you think you should be too. If we as a society want to stress being at a lower weight, it should be for the health benefits and not for cosmetic purposes.