New Study: Koreans and Japanese Ranked World's Slimmest People

Chosun Ilbo (Conservative Daily in Korea) ^ | 5 April 2007 | Chosun Ilbo (Conservative Daily in Korea)

[AmericanInTokyo]

Koreans and Japanese Ranked World's Slimmest People

Koreans, many of whom are experiencing a sweeping zeal for losing weight, count with the Japanese as among the slimmest people in the developed world, a study shows. According to PopNews, a study on body mass index (BMI) released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in 2005 shows that only 3.2 percent of Koreans and Japanese have a BMI higher than 30.

A person with a BMI figure higher than 25 is considered overweight, while a reading above 30 means obesity.

The U.S. is the fattest of the OECD member nations with 30.6 percent of its population having a BMI higher than 30. It is followed by Mexico, Britain and Slovakia.

Towards the bottom of the list are Italy where 8.5 percent of the population is obese, Norway with 8.3 percent and Switzerland with 7.7 percent.

The OECD used data compiled in 2002 for Australia, Austria and Portugal, and statistics from 2003 for the rest, PopNews said.

(englishnews@chosun.com )

[mikrofon]

Sumo them aren't so slim, however...

[mikrofon]

And the neat thing is, “there are many copies”...

[Bigg Red]

What? Mexico is considered part of the developed world?

[martin_fierro]

Koreans, many of whom are experiencing a sweeping zeal for losing weight

Oooof! They sure didn't sample *this* Korean.

[MSF BU]

Yes. I clicked on this thread knowing there would be somebody like you who'd trivialize the conversation by posting a picture of some slinky Japanese fox.

...thanks.

[MSF BU]

...see reply #25.

[ezsmoke]

きえろ!

[MSF BU]

I hope that’s good. I was kind of hoping for further (female) examples.

[ezsmoke]

ok, but trying to find images that wont get me banned is proving difficult.

[bannie]

Sure...and when the famine comes, who’s gonna’ last longer?

[ezsmoke]

[ezsmoke]

[TigerLikesRooster]

[AmericanInTokyo]

Goooood point!

[RVN Airplane Driver]

I would be slim also if I ate with two little sticks..

[dfwgator]

The best thing about the last Soccer World Cup.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Appreciated.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Asia pinglist.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

You do realize that many people of your people group (race/genetic ethnicity) look the same to Japanese and Koreans?

It's what you've grown up with. If you grew up in a relatively homogeneous (genetically) society, you are bound to be able to tell between the people in your society while those from other groups seem to generally look very similar. If you grew up in a relatively heterogeneous society, you tend to be able to distinguish individuals of many people groups/races/genetic ethnicities.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

The article states that this was for the developed world--i.e. not starving countries.