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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.

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Why HN readers recommended it

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

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Joseph Everett - WIL
Topic
food environment and obesity
Format
explainer
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
5
Recommendation years in dataset
2018–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

  • Speaking of Japan, I recently saw an interesting video about why Japanese people are so thin, compared to say the US: [VIDEO]

    mtgx on Hacker News · 2018-01
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  • Yup I agree. I call it the food gravity problem of america. Trying to eat healthy here is like trying to beat gravity: This youtube video goes into more detail about the US problem compared to japan: "Why is it so Easy to be Thin …

    novok on Hacker News · 2020-06
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  • Re diet: putting aside that alcohol-per-capita consumption here in Japan is less than the OECD average [1], and also how the article is actually about how the introduction of meat into the Japanese diet has caused a decrease in strokes (i.e. this is probably off-topic); …

    presentation on Hacker News · 2021-01
    In Japanese people may have gained longevity by balancing their diets

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