To be that tiny/lithe. Asian cuisine seems a lot naturally healthier and nutrient-dense but i wonder if they still have to practice a ° of restraint
To be that tiny/lithe. Asian cuisine seems a lot naturally healthier and nutrient-dense but i wonder if they still have to practice a ° of restraint
I mean, first of all, not all asian women eat asian food. See: all the asian women living not in asia, who are 2nd+ generation immigrants. They are just as likely to be trashing their bodies at McDs as anyone else.
In general, a smaller body requires fewer calories to sustain than a larger body. And the human body typically accounts for this via hunger signals. Smaller people tend to stop feeling hungry before larger people.
However, it is a fairly well understood phenomenon that, yes, for people who want to meet the sort of “lithe” female beauty standard, it is often more difficult to maintain for shorter people since any additional weight they gain will be less distributed across their bodies than the same weight on a larger body.
Also, as you (kinda?) pointed out before (in a very almost racist way) - diet plays a huge role here, as a traditional asian diet will impact the body in ways that cause it to signal less hunger and burn off excess calories, while a modern western diet will do the opposite. But this isn’t really a point for traditional asian diets, so much as it is a ding on modern diets. Basically any traditional diet that we can find around the world will help you maintain a thinner figure than a modern diet. There is no such thing as a traditional diet with twinkies and root beer.
And also, I lied before - asian women actually arent as likely to eat at McDs as anyone else. Due to historical and cultural factors, immigrants of asian descent in western nations are significantly more likely to inhabit higher socioeconomic classes than the average person in the same country. This status imparts on them cultural habits like not eating junk food (which is low class) and the economic ability to maintain these habits (eg, living near a Whole Foods and eating at a trendy restaurant, vs shopping at the gas station and grabbing some McDs). But probably more importantly, being in a higher socioeconomic class gives people a greater sense of security and general well-being, which reduces stress, which reduces hunger signaling and results in the body not feeling the need to store extra calories to protect against times of future hardship.
So the answer to your question is "well, it depends on the person, but broad trends indicate that asian women are not generally starving themselves to stay thin (any more than women of other races).
There is no “traditional asian diet”, like there is no traditional african, or traditional european diet. There are dozens of different nations and hundreds of different people.
I mean… sure. Whatever. My point is that no one’s traditional diet contains twinkies.
True, *traditional* diets are all about maximum calories and maximum food preservation everywhere tbh.
Sure… what’s your point? Because my point is that traditional diets don’t contain highly processed foods, which are the driver of overweight and obesity around the world.
Especially sugar. So much sugar in much of Western food these days.
I’m not so much inplying the starving themself so much as is there a prescient level of restraint (could be cultural, could be genetic, or could be whatever) independant of their desire or physical need that has a larger degree of discretion over those more inherent drives or instincts
Its not racist to ask in good faith and air out these ideas to get to the truth, please. Its the opposite, I’m open to hearing completely different takes or reality checks here as long as people dont try to limit the discussion artificially by playing on race
I feel like you are trying too say too much with too few words here. Please elaborate.
Can they eat what they want (throwing discipline to the wind) and maintain their physical form?
I guess my thesis is that there are cultural and other factors besides hunger/satiety at play but I’m not married to this thesis, just my uninformed theory
I mean, my guess is that it largely depends on the individual. How easily someone gains or loses weight is highly individual, and can be influenced by both environment and genetics.
To explain broader population trends, I provided some examples above of reasons why small asian women may have an easier (or harder) time staying thin. I would also add on in addition to these points that there may be a broader trend in asian culture to eat more reasonable portion sizes, or to identify junk food as treats only for special occasions - and these cultural standards may be passed on either explicitly (via instructions to children or pressure among peers) or implicitly (observing what others around you do).
Not with that attitude