Is dietary variety the reason Asians are so skinny?

[jennifer_bloom]

We have very skinny friends and they plant vegetables in their yard that are so rare, I’ve never even seen them at a grocery store before. I have a cousin who is very skinny and she has over 200 different types of food in her house.

[jvnxs]

As an Asian girl, that's kind of the reason? Personally my metabolism is very quick and I tend to avoid heavily processed foods. Asians are the epitome of, what is called, an "ingredient household". We do not carry processed food, such as snacks. Or often have very little which is how we maintain our weight reasonably.

[purplepoppy]

The diet plays a big part but another factor is they simply have less fat cells. People forget that when you lose weight your only emptying fat cells, you can't actually get rid of them except through surgery. Even if they ate pizza all day they wouldn't put on much weight.

[Sonorous]

I think it has more to do with the culture. In certain cultures, they're more strict about fitting certain beauty standards. And being skinny or healthy is probably a big one in Asian cultures. Just a guess because I've never been to Asian countries & have never been involved in Asian culture.

[DryGermanGuy]

That might be a part of it, but it's mainly because Asian cuisine is historically based on rice, instead of that meat, pasta, burger mayhem that Westerners like to shovel into their mouths.

[Avicenna]

Smaller portions and different diet. Variety of vegetables may also be a factor.

[morganherrel]

I think they have more enlightened social norms for health and beauty.

[elaphe]

What about Summo wrestlers?

[DtMe89]

No idea