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Why is it so Easy to be Thin in Japan?

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Why is it so Easy to be Thin in Japan?

Joseph Everett compares the food environment of the US, with roughly 30% obesity, to Japan's, around 3.5%. He argues that what is available and normal to eat explains much of the gap.

HN commenters recommend it as an accurate account of everyday Japanese eating and of why the US food environment is so much worse.

5 Hacker News mentions · 2018–2023

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