Re: Obesity in Pakistani people
Well I think the American ideal of fitness is too unnatural. The women who are hailed as healthy and fit have generally starved away most of their body fat, so much so that they require implants just to look female. And a lot of them are neurotic; like everything is about the current diet du jour. These days it's all about protein powder, shakes, tuna cans, etc. I guess their ideal is extremely skinny because most are extremely fat.
I guess in Pakistan, the first thing is majority of population is not making a ton of money. so having well defined pecs isn't their priority, being well fed is. as for the people who do eat a lot, have naukers, and are generally lazy...well a lot of it is a product of the society. for example, in Pakistan my dad used to walk to the local university; however the chancellor got upset that such an 'esteemed person' is walking and sent a driver to our house the next day. So those are lifestyle factors...and I guess genetics are at play too, since pakistanis have extremely high rate of insulin resistance from birth. but still we are not as fat as americans.
i would say for american women the spread is 25-50-25 of fit/average/obese and over there, it's like 5-85-10. so on average pakis are better, even though they might have less fit people.
I don't think you should single out Pakistani people--the problem of obesity is rampant in pretty much all communities, but least of all Asians (south and east). Sure there may be a few overweight individual Pakistanis, but overall its a problem for every ethnicity, esp in teh US.
Sara, this is a forum heavily visited by people of Pakistani heritage, so I'm not exactly singling them out. I'd love to talk about how obesity is encouraged in Somoan culture, but I don't think anyone would care.
Actually obesity is not a problem for Indians, Scandinavians even in the US. It's a question of diet and exercise, instead of poor nutrition and a sedentary lifestyle. This is not looks issue, but rather something that can actually kill - so it should be addressed when Pakistani people are piling on the food at weddings, dinners like it's going out of style.
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^hahaha yeah its amazing how many people will come to the masjid when there is free food or how quickly people will leave a wedding after they have eaten.
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thinking hmm yet to see a morbidly obese desi...overweight yes many...obesity as an epidemic among desis...nah
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The problem is our food!!!
We use too much oil in everything we cook and the second thing is that its so tasty, we keep eating until we are about to throw up
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well oil helps in nutrient absorption in veggies (ex salan) plus mediterranean countries use lots of oil in their food. but eating til ur full, even if it's super healthy food, is bad. moderation bla bla