Regarding the fact that Japanese people are thinner, it is indeed a probable thing. Because indeed, looking at the public information given by the World Health Organization, Japan has one of the lowest obesity rates in the world. Among the developed countries, it is one of the lowest obesity rates, bar none. There are actually multiple reasons why this is the case.

First, policy-oriented, this is a very rare phenomenon in the world, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is also similar to the trade unions or the Bureau of Sports and Culture promulgated the "National Waist Thinning Plan", the requirements of the implementation of the enterprise's physical examination, and special government departments for supervision. Therefore, only to ensure that Japan's obesity rate of 4%, this ratio compared to the United States 33% of the obesity rate can only be one-eighth.

Secondly, apart from policy provisions, it has a lot to do with the composition of the diet of the Japanese people. We know that a lot of Japanese food is low-calorie in practice, and there is no big oil and salt, although the taste is not as good as the spicy and fresh flavors of many countries. But this concept of pursuing the flavor of the ingredients itself is indeed healthier. In addition, the Japanese people love to eat fish or seafood meat with high quality protein content, compared to the high protein content of these foods, while the fat content is relatively low. Another important reason is that Japan does not advocate overeating eating habits, go to Japan with life experience friends should be able to feel the Japanese tableware are inclined to small bowls.

Thirdly, it's the way of traveling in Japan, Japanese people love bicycles and walking, I don't know if it's the reason why taxi is very expensive in Japan, the waiting time for taxi in Japan will be longer and more expensive, in contrast, you can really feel their love for bicycles. The reason is that in Japanese urban planning, the radius of activities necessary for life is relatively small, that is to say, in the neighborhood where you live, you can basically complete the activities of doctor's appointments, shopping, eating, walking, etc. Therefore, walking or biking can solve these things within 2km, and then farther away, you will choose the subway or private cars and buses.

The World Health Organization report shows that Japan has one of the lowest obesity rates in the world and the lowest rate among developed countries. So why aren't more Japanese people fat when they eat so swell?

It turns out that it is the unique daily life habits, especially eating habits, and the special conditions of the country that determine the physical condition of the Japanese people. Let's take a look at the eating habits of Japanese people. First of all, Japanese food has a very large variety of combinations. Almost 30 kinds of ingredients are eaten every day. This is a dietary goal that has been advocated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan since as early as 1985 in the "Guidelines for Eating and Living for Health". Since then, the concept of 30 ingredients has been used by many housewives as a guideline for organizing their daily diet. Although there are many kinds of food, the Japanese usually eat light and low-calorie food, such as raw food, vegetable salad and so on, so they eat a variety of food, but they are not able to lead to obesity.

Secondly, Japanese people also attach great importance to breakfast, which they consider to be the most important of the three meals, so for a long time Japanese women have been preparing a rich and healthy breakfast for their families every morning. For example, grilled fish, salted vegetables, salad, miso soup and so on. Current science has proven that breakfast is not only the most important of the three meals for health, but also the least fattening meal.

In addition to diet, the Japanese also like to walk and ride bicycles when traveling, and even exceed China in terms of the number of bicycles owned by 100 people, and these good habits also play a good role in aiding the Japanese in controlling obesity.

What is even more valuable is that the Japanese Government has also joined hands with enterprises to manage the health of Japanese people through legislation. For example, as early as April 2008, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare officially hosted the "National Waist Thinning Program" and promulgated a law that requires local governments and enterprises to conduct annual medical examinations for employees, must strictly check the age of 40 to 75 years old between the waistline of employees. The regulations require that men's waist circumference should not exceed 33.5 inches (85 centimeters) and women's waist circumference should not exceed 35.4 inches (90 centimeters). In addition, the government has set goals for the national "waist reduction" campaign, such as reducing the number of overweight people by 10% within four years and by 1/4 within seven years, and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is responsible for overseeing the implementation of these goals.

In that case, the question arises: Why does the Japanese Government make weight loss a national program? It turns out that the fundamental reason for the Japanese Government's efforts to control the weight of its nationals lies in Japan's national conditions. It is because although the Japanese Government has always prided itself on its status as the world's number one country in terms of longevity, the quality of longevity of these long-lived nationals is not very satisfactory, for example, there are a lot of long-lived elderly people who are often sick or even bedridden. This is not only a torture for the long-lived elderly themselves, but also puts a great burden on Japan's health insurance organizations.

For this reason, the Japanese government is committed to maintaining the health of its citizens and improving the quality of their lives through legislation and the cooperation of corporations. This legislation includes the introduction of various policies to encourage people to lose weight and keep it within a healthy range in order to ensure longevity and reduce health insurance costs. With the combined effect of diet, exercise and government legislation, the number of fat people we see in Japan is very small compared to other advanced countries, including China.

First of all, I don't really think that Japanese people are generally thin, and there are many fat people in Japan. As far as women are concerned, on the contrary, I have often heard and felt that there are many Chinese with slim and lithe figures, which are envied by many Japanese women and liked by many Japanese men.

As for Chinese men, I don't know, but I was once told by a middle-aged Chinese man something that struck me: in China, a big belly is a symbol of social status, and having a big belly means that the boss is rich and attracts a lot of pretty women to fall in love with him. I don't know if what he said reflects the real situation, and whether Chinese women would recognize or agree with it. Anyway, I think Japanese women probably wouldn't agree with it, and wouldn't like men with such a body type and thinking. I asked my sister about it, and she just painfully said, "Disgusting."

In fact, I have heard several times from my Chinese friends that "Japanese people are thinner because they eat healthily". Eating healthily is probably more of the truth. One of the reasons is that the food we eat is generally raw, and even if it is fried, grilled, stir-fried, boiled, etc., the flavor is generally light, and we pay attention to the flavor of the raw materials without adding excessive seasonings. After I came to China and started to travel around the world, I realized more and more that Japanese food is one of the healthiest cuisines in the world.

The second is that Japanese society and its people are generally concerned about food safety, including the organic nature of food and whatnot, which also helps to ensure the safety and health of the food that people absorb. However, I can't say what this has to do with whether Japanese people are thin or not. As mentioned, there are a lot of fat people in Japan as well, and things are a bit puzzling when Chinese food uses so much oil, but many Chinese women are in such good shape. However, many Japanese also believe that the reason why many Chinese women are in great shape is because they drink tea after eating to wash off the oil they just absorbed.

Also, another reason or context might be that Japanese people have more social pressure, work longer hours, and walk more to work, and the whole state and pace of their labor life hardly makes it possible for them to put on weight. That's also something I can think of. Anyway, I always think that the Japanese and Chinese seem to have a lot to share and learn from each other on the issue of how one can maintain a healthy body.

Japanese kitchen is usually very neat and clean, with their cooking habits, they rarely eat with oil frying, deep-frying, stir-frying food, their cooking method is relatively simple, steam a rice and put some soy sauce or mustard and other seasonings is a meal, a bowl of noodles is also a meal. Therefore, their kitchens are not too smoky, so it is not a big deal to clean up. Personally, I feel that Japan treasures food. Secondly, I have read some studies that Japan is now entering a "low desire" society, where young people have no desire to buy luxury jewelry, houses, cars, etc. I think this is also true for food. I think this is also true for food. In conclusion, it is not surprising that Japanese people are thin.

Japanese people in the diet than our countrymen attach importance to, they will not be like us all the time with oil frying, every day not away from the meat all the time not away from the oil, baked ah deep-fried ah branding ah actually eat these love to make people fat, but the Chinese people from the small eat used to, as if their lives can not be separated from the frying, can not be separated from the oil squeeze, can not be separated from the barbecue, compared to the Japanese people in the diet of the Chinese people are too wanton, so much fat, obese patients.

I traveled to Japan two years ago and stayed at a local foreign student's house for about half a month, with my activity area on the edge of the Tokyo circle. From what I observed there, I didn't think Japanese people were skinnier, they felt about the same as southern Chinese, not as tall as northern Chinese.

As for some people say that because of the Japanese diet will make people think that they have a slimmer figure, from my personal experience, the diet, the Japanese are indeed healthier (tasteless), in the words of my fellow friends: "want to eat some oil and water are not", we were eating either Japanese hot pot, or tempura, feel that it is relatively bland, especially when comparing to our domestic counterparts. I remember when I was eating sushi, I dipped a little too much into the soy sauce, and the person next to me reminded me not to dip it so much, as it would affect the flavor of the sushi itself.

However, according to local friends studying abroad and we said that there are actually quite a lot of fat people there, mainly because of the work pressure, lack of exercise, and sometimes because of the pressure of the relationship will eat a lot of snacks to reduce the pressure, resulting in the development of a lot of bad dietary habits, which is the cause of a lot of social animals on the fat side of the reason.

Finally, to say a digression, the Japanese girls and not we imagine in the Japanese drama to see so fresh and moving, full of vitality, as for the aesthetic aspect of the majority of the see benevolence, just and I expected the Japanese girls quite a big difference, hey ~ disillusioned.

Japanese people as a whole is not thin, women are more fat, short is true, "big cities can" Japan's southern people are more thin, the people of Hokkaido is more fat, and climate, eating habits related to the topic is that, the Japanese people think that the emperor is not a god, it is a kind of idol in line with the Japanese people think that to serve the emperor is to die will also have a blessing in the afterlife, they think that into the Yasukuni Shrine people are loyal to the emperor is not guilty, and, this is Japan from the age of obscurity has been instilled a religious ideology is difficult to change, this kind of unity of thought is very dangerous, similar to ISIS, we need to be vigilant. They believe that those who enter the Yasukuni Shrine are loyal to the Emperor and are not guilty of any crime. Moreover, this is a kind of religious thinking instilled in Japan since the age of obscurantism, which is very difficult to be changed, and this kind of unity of religion and gods is very dangerous, similar to ISIS, and we need to be extremely vigilant.

Author Little Mars, a good friend who lives in Japan all year round. Editor Uncle Mi, senior media person, traveled to the United States, living in the United States, Japan and Europe for many years, the founder of the self-media "this is the United States", "this is Japan", "this is Europe and the United States".

Most of the girls will be shouting every day to lose weight, but most of them can not resist the temptation of food. For example, I myself, in the country every day shouting to lose weight is not much use, swim also swim also run also yoga also practiced, but still can not control a meal of 4 bowls of rice, by no means exaggerated. After I came to Japan, I gradually lost a lot of weight, why is that? And why are Japanese people generally so thin? It's all about eating habits and awareness of exercise.

First of all, let's talk about the eating habits of Japanese people. Japanese food emphasizes on nutrition and less oil and salt, which can be reflected in Japanese food. Therefore, I love to eat spicy dishes with lots of oil, so I will naturally lose weight after coming here. Another thing is that Japanese people love to eat beef, chicken and fish, and these meats have less fat and more protein. Seen the Japanese drama will know, the Japanese are very also eat natto and aji soup, natto contains a variety of nutrients and fiber, can prevent constipation, improve bone density to prevent osteoporosis, mediate blood pressure and blood lipids, eliminate fatigue to improve immunity, etc., it is said that often eat can also be thin face; and aji soup of aji soup by the fermentation of soybeans from the taste of soybeans, is also very rich in nutrients, with anticancer and beauty and other effects. These two kinds of food are Japanese people eat almost every day, low-calorie nutrient-rich, naturally not easy to get fat.

The second is that the Japanese people have been focusing on sports since childhood, sports activities in physical education classes, to junior high school, high school and university is a lot of sports clubs, to work and then go outdoors on weekends, after retirement will also go to practice yoga, climbing mountains and so on. And Japan has a lot of nutritional supplements, fat loss tea enzymes and many other health products, work and study busy time, exercise and diet and such things together is also a little role.

Whether it is diet or exercise is only the main reason, but there may also be many other factors, which will not be discussed in detail here. In short, life in Japan is not easy to fat, unless you eat sugar every day, and Japan is not no obese people. Finally, I also hope that fat and thin is no longer aesthetic or evaluation of a person's standard, health is good.

Those who have been to Japan will be very impressed with the food and customs.

And the northeast people are keen on beer, jerk, barbecue meat is different, Japan's diet is light, pay attention to the original flavor of the ingredients, seafood, vegetables, greasy and spicy seasonings with very little. In some Japanese families, if they don't like to cook complicated meals, they just simmer a pot of rice and serve it with a little rice mix, and that's a meal.

Even the Chinese people know that the Japanese people love to eat fish, salmon ah, tuna ah do not need to repeat, the freshest fish directly eaten raw, maximize the retention of nutrients, even if cooked, but also rarely deep-fried, more to pan-fry-based, nutritious and healthy. There is also sukiyaki, inside the code are also cabbage, seaweed, tofu and other vegetables, add some dripping stewed out of the juice of the vegetables made of hot pot.

Look at the Japanese tableware, a meal may set out more than a dozen small plates, each of which holds only a little bit, a very small variety. At first glance does not look full, but after a table of food, the stomach is already full. In this way, a meal to meet the full intake of nutrients, but does not cause excessive burden on the spleen and stomach.

Besides food, let's talk about other aspects. Transportation costs are very high in Japan. For example, taxi and subway are very expensive. So Japanese people will not choose cab as the main means of transportation, go out to work will be mainly walking and tram.

So, if you want to lose weight it's still the same thing: "Keep your mouth shut and your legs open."

It's almost summer already, so hurry up if you want to lose weight!

In addition to dietary structure, two other very, very important points are:

1, Japanese people are very hardworking. Of course, every nation brags about being hardworking, but some nations really aren't hardworking, such as the blacks. But Japanese people are really hardworking, and hardworking makes you healthy.

2. Spiritual factors are also very important. The Japanese have faithfully inherited the authentic cultivation doctrine of Confucius, so they attach importance to the experience of mental state. For example, Japanese people talk and do things are very self-disciplined, self-control, with a momentum, an inner strength, rarely very depressed situation, this self-control of the power is actually very consuming body heat, but also can enhance the spiritual strength of people. We Chinese are not the same, we are often very loose, flabby, feel very depressed look. This is the reason why the doctrine of Confucius has been lost.