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Originally Posted by Columbine
Being thin is only half the battle towards being healthy; your cardio health is much less related to your lumps and bumps than people think and it's also more important, but for Japan, it's a hurdle they've already gone a way to cross. They have (or seem to have) much more sports in schools and businesses and walking/cycling is much more common. Even Japanese junk food is comparatively 'better' than american or european junk- Mr Donuts has smaller, less sugary donuts than anything i've ever come across.
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All good points.
Most Japanese HAVE to walk or bike a good distance to get to mass transportation... then walk or bike to their place of work on the other side. Repeat for the commute home. Its something you simply HAVE to do. When you have to do it, it is not the same as the US in to putting the time into going to gym or doing some exercises in the living area before you go sit in the car to drive right up to the place of work to go sit the whole day, then drive back home mentally exhausted from sitting in traffic.
This is so true on the Japanese junk food (or drink options) side.... I don't know how they do it. Try to find an Angel Cream like donut in America that tastes as good and isn't the same calorie content. American pastries and cakes always have that artificial sugar after taste ... like american supermarket sheet-cakes or cupcakes...
Interesting trivia... Mr. Donuts used to be an American franchise... if only... if only...
I'm sure its all down to the ingredients the country uses...