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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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 Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject: my students are giants |
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| My students (13-15) have come back from winter vacation. They are huge! What the hell have these kids been eating? |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Korean kids are getting taller and heavier. No doubt about it. I heard (from a guy in a pub...so it must be true!!!) that Koreans, on average, are the tallest east-asian race. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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The answer is simple: cows.
Beef and milk products are relatively new to the Korean diet. |
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Kenny Kimchee
Joined: 12 May 2003
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
The answer is simple: cows.
Beef and milk products are relatively new to the Korean diet. |
And all the steroids in the aforementioned products. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Kenny Kimchee wrote: |
| And all the steroids in the aforementioned products. |
Are there any studies which show steroids injected into beef tissue during growth stages having ancillary effects on the ingestion of the flesh afterwards? I was under the impression that the steroids altered form and were broken down by the stomach, and that there wasn't much anyways, as residual hormones make up less than 1 percent of the highest dose that caused no ill effect in test animals. At least in America. In Korea, maybe there are higher levels left in the tissue?
Beef is a complete protein which the body can use without suppliment foods, and milk provides the calcium and fats children's bodies use to grow fast.
Traditional Korean cuisine, by itself, is nutritionally deficient, judged by today's standards. Unless you factor in bosintang.  |
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Kenny Kimchee
Joined: 12 May 2003
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| Kenny Kimchee wrote: |
| And all the steroids in the aforementioned products. |
Are there any studies which show steroids injected into beef tissue during growth stages having ancillary effects on the ingestion of the flesh afterwards? I was under the impression that the steroids altered form and were broken down by the stomach, and that there wasn't much anyways, as residual hormones make up less than 1 percent of the highest dose that caused no ill effect in test animals. At least in America. In Korea, maybe there are higher levels left in the tissue?
Beef is a complete protein which the body can use without suppliment foods, and milk provides the calcium and fats children's bodies use to grow fast.
Traditional Korean cuisine, by itself, is nutritionally deficient, judged by today's standards. Unless you factor in bosintang. |
I don't know, man, but there's gotta be a reason that North American kids keep getting bigger and bigger and girls start having their period earlier. Maybe it's not the 'roids, but it's gotta be something.
P.S. There's a guy who posts on www.bigdaikon.com that goes by van-island. |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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it was more a comment on puberty than anything else. I notice a few of them are losing their baby faces. My babies are growing up  |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| Korean kids are getting taller and heavier. No doubt about it. I heard (from a guy in a pub...so it must be true!!!) that Koreans, on average, are the tallest east-asian race. |
You are probably right, it's because they are descendants of the same race as Manchurians - whatever race that is.. and manchurians are the tallest Chinese people there are.. apparently. |
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Kenny Kimchee
Joined: 12 May 2003
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| crazylemongirl wrote: |
| it was more a comment on puberty than anything else. I notice a few of them are losing their baby faces. My babies are growing up |
I can dig that sentiment - I've been teaching at the same juior high schools here in Japan for almost two years and have been watching them grow up - the growth spurt from 13 to 15 is amazing.
Just the other day the soon-to-be 7th graders came in from elementary school for orientation and to have a look around. I keep getting older and the kids stay the same |
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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Yeah, that's a freaky age to teach. I am VERY curious to see some of the middle school students I taught 2 years ago! I wonder if I'd recognize them? I know one boy shot up so much in just a year.
I had some of my girls show me their middle school photos from their cyworld pages. The pics were just a year or two old, but it suddenly put into perspective that I am teaching babies. Especially first-year students. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 4:26 am Post subject: |
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One of my first classes was a group of men in their late 30's. At 5'8", I was the tallest in the room. My most recent class was a group of mid-twenties guys. I was the shortest in the room. 
I think it's a case of early childhood nutrition. |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:40 am Post subject: |
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| It does have a lot to do with nutrition. Students now have access to things that their parents (and even some uni and older 20-somethings) didn't. Dairy products, fruits, different kinds of veggies and meat. All most ALL kids are taller and bigger than their parents, who survived on rice, kimchi and the rare fish or fowl. |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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Obesity Becomes Huge Problem in Korea
Ten million Korean adults are overweight, with the number increasing by 400,000 a year -- a result of lack of exercise, change in diet and excessive drinking culture. With the advent of fast food restaurants and changing life styles, the number of overweight children and adolescents is also growing rapidly. Some 10 to 15 percent of people under 20 are overweight.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200502/200502130020.html |
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jaderedux
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Lurking outside Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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Man, today was my first day back.....holy freaking cow! They are giants....but was glad to see the little scamps. A few days at school and then we are off for Spring  vacation.....
Man I love these kids...they were all bright shiny and giggly!
Jade |
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