Korean Job Discussion Forums

[hondaicivic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlV_OnBnGmI&feature=player_embedded



^Korea's idea of being fat.

[highstreet]

was that woman at 5:36 putting up 15KG db's or 15lbs on incline?

I hope its 15lbs, otherwise i feel like a weakling

[RMNC]

Allow me to throw out a semi-unpopular opinion: Korea is right.

It's America and western civilization that has grown to accept being fat as just "being chubby". The scale is skewed for people in the west, and people in Korea, almost by accident or social influence, have a normal idea of what being overweight is.

[interestedinhanguk]

[RMNC]

Yeah, I have probably more female friends (in Hanguk, terms, of course) in that age range than most people. Sure, they care a lot about there looks, but they're still right: People see first with their eyes and then with their ears and minds. If there were two clones with the same personalities and experience, and one was better looking, people would go to that one instinctively. Being 15 lbs overweight would be near god-like for the past million years of human existence, bordering on excess. Now it's considered "baby fat".

[interestedinhanguk]

My point is that they're often unhealthy because they don't eat a proper diet.

[Kuros]

Korea may be the most superficial society in the world. Its certainly unhealthy. There's a kind of inverse gluttony going on.

Comparisons to the West are unhelpful. We're fat beyond hope.

[hondaicivic]

[PatrickGHBusan]

The point is well made: westerners are getting fatter by the year. This is certainly true in NA and in many Western European countries.

Asians are also gaining weight but nearly as fast.

Back here in NA, fat has been replaced by: well rounded, just a bit chubby, curvy, big is beautfiful and so on.

The cuplrit, except for those people with actual diseases (ex:gland condition), is horrible eating habits + lack of exercise + sedentary lifestyle.

No way around it, people back here are getting fat, including kids. Stats do not lie on that account.

There are groups asking for larger seats on buses, airplanes and trains for people that are overweight for example.

Fat has become an interest group to protect overweight people. While this is good when it protects people from verbal abuse, it is bad when it perpetuates a cycle of obesity.

[interestedinhanguk]

one, perhaps minor, saving grace from back home is that there is at least some emphasis on strength and other physical fitness. Here in Korea, particularly for women, this is not important. I'm sure we know plenty of Korean women who can't lift 10 pounds (maybe an exaggeration, but you get my point).

Obesity is quite a serious problem in NA. Let us not forget, however, it is better to be a bit overweight and exercise regularly than it is to be thin and not exercise.

Lots of people here in Korea are no healthy. People, particularly women, keep their weight down just by eating extremely little; not by living a healthy lifestyle that balances a well-rounded diet and regular exercise.

[sadguy]

westerners are too accepting of being fat and koreans are too critical. there needs to be a balance.

there was some law, maybe a year ago that passed in japan about being overweight.

but you know, trying to stay thin in america is difficult, it's like everything is set up for you to be fat.

[West Coast Tatterdemalion]

Yes, balance is necessary. Still not a fan of the Korean mentality that anorexic thin is considered beautiful. It isn't.

[MyNameIsNobody]

[MyNameIsNobody]

I googled "eating disorders korea", and this came up:
http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/news/asia.html

If true, what the what?

[Louis VI]

BMI 23 is overweight? 6'1 tall and 175 lbs is a bit overweight?