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From: Cornelius Garbanzo (dy091-104.ust.hk)
In Reply to: Re: Perceptions of another culture posted by Jack in OH on February 4, 2005 at 8:15 am:
Hong Kong people are fattening up too, but they haven't nearly caught up to Americans yet. It's especially noticeable in the young. One thing that I have found striking is that my brothers- and sisters-in-law (and parents-in-law) all enjoy eating plently of green vegetables, because that was what they were fed as kids. But they don't seem to think it's important, because they're not raising their own kids that way. My brother-in-law eats plenty of kale, choy sum, and broccoli along with his rice and meat, but he feeds his young son meat, rice, and Coca-Cola. I just don't understand it. The problem is especially prevalent these days in some parts of China because of the one-child policy. Having a male child is so important in China that many parents don't deny their "little emperors" anything, leading to widespread obesity among male children in some (relatively affluent) regions. The population as a whole is still relatively poor and lean, but that's changing fast as the economy develops.
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