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Wrench
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 Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 3:44 pm Post subject: Is Korea heading for crash course? |
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Is Korea heading for a crash course in Obesity?
I've been here 1.5 years and I have noticed an alarming rate obesity amongst Koreans.
Obesity seems to be setting in on girls like mad. Younger children especialy. Elementary and Middle school.
Kids under the age of 10 are geting bigger as well. I got a 8 (9) Year old kid in one of the classes that is a whoping 45 Kgs and very short.
Obesity for women over the age of 30 seems to be also noticable.
Younger men have an advantage because they are forced to serve in the military.
Before you ask yes I am chubby thats why I noticed the extra bulk. Granted I am no where nearly as fat as I use to be. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Nah, just means that you'll be hearing "Ddong peh ya~~~ah" a lot more |
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Kenny Kimchee
Joined: 12 May 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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Pizza, fried chicken, Lotteria...sitting in the school/hagwon/pc room all day...no surprises on where that road leads...
I've been teaching in middle schools in Japan for the past three years and the good old Nipponese have dodged the fat bullet (so far). I reckon that less than 10% of my students are overweight and less than 1% are obese, and almost all of these cases are due to genetics, not lifestyle. It probably helps that they eat 800 calorie lunches, get three hours of PE a week, ride their bicycles to school, and about half of the students play sports after school every day.
Give 'em time, though; the moms are getting lazier and aren't making the kids healthy lunches anymore. Some of my kids eat chocolate and butter filled baguettes for lunch and that spells trouble. |
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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Location: England
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Kenny Kimchee wrote: |
| It probably helps that they eat 800 calorie lunches |
That's the equivilent of 10 bottles of budweiser! |
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seoulsista
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't notice many overweight people over the age of 20 or so. However, I would say around a third of my students range from being pudgy to downright fat. Although I feel it's disproportionately boys not girls that are chubby. |
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Natalia
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: Is Korea heading for crash course? |
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| Wrench wrote: |
Is Korea heading for a crash course in Obesity?
I've been here 1.5 years and I have noticed an alarming rate obesity amongst Koreans.
Obesity seems to be setting in on girls like mad. Younger children especialy. Elementary and Middle school.
Kids under the age of 10 are geting bigger as well. I got a 8 (9) Year old kid in one of the classes that is a whoping 45 Kgs and very short.
Obesity for women over the age of 30 seems to be also noticable.
Younger men have an advantage because they are forced to serve in the military.
Before you ask yes I am chubby thats why I noticed the extra bulk. Granted I am no where nearly as fat as I use to be. |
I've noticed a lot of fat boys (and some girls). In some of my classes are more than 50% of the boys are obese.
But there are certainly a lot of fat women out there (though some here seem to have blinkers when it comes to that issue).
I'm sure it also doesn't help that in their free time they are either playing computer games or watching a television channel of other people playing computer games.... |
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Kenny Kimchee
Joined: 12 May 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:04 am Post subject: |
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| Gwangjuboy wrote: |
| Kenny Kimchee wrote: |
| It probably helps that they eat 800 calorie lunches |
That's the equivilent of 10 bottles of budweiser! |
More like five and a half, dude
http://www.realbeer.com/library/beerbreak/archives/beerbreak20010718.php
It's a good thing that I work out three days a week and ride my bike 10 hours a week (for transportation, not exercise). I'm about to leave Japan and all that bike riding is going bye-bye...I shudder to think about the impending size of my beer gut... |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:33 am Post subject: |
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| Kenny Kimchee wrote: |
Pizza, fried chicken, Lotteria...sitting in the school/hagwon/pc room all day...no surprises on where that road leads...
I've been teaching in middle schools in Japan for the past three years and the good old Nipponese have dodged the fat bullet (so far). I reckon that less than 10% of my students are overweight and less than 1% are obese, and almost all of these cases are due to genetics, not lifestyle. It probably helps that they eat 800 calorie lunches, get three hours of PE a week, ride their bicycles to school, and about half of the students play sports after school every day.
Give 'em time, though; the moms are getting lazier and aren't making the kids healthy lunches anymore. Some of my kids eat chocolate and butter filled baguettes for lunch and that spells trouble. |
SPORTS EVERY DAY!? It's official: Korea will soon be the hub of Asia, as Korean students would never waste time doing sports. It's study 10 hours a day, by god! (and maybe taekwondo for the little ones) |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:34 am Post subject: Re: Is Korea heading for crash course? |
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| Natalia wrote: |
| Wrench wrote: |
Is Korea heading for a crash course in Obesity?
I've been here 1.5 years and I have noticed an alarming rate obesity amongst Koreans.
Obesity seems to be setting in on girls like mad. Younger children especialy. Elementary and Middle school.
Kids under the age of 10 are geting bigger as well. I got a 8 (9) Year old kid in one of the classes that is a whoping 45 Kgs and very short.
Obesity for women over the age of 30 seems to be also noticable.
Younger men have an advantage because they are forced to serve in the military.
Before you ask yes I am chubby thats why I noticed the extra bulk. Granted I am no where nearly as fat as I use to be. |
I've noticed a lot of fat boys (and some girls). In some of my classes are more than 50% of the boys are obese.
But there are certainly a lot of fat women out there (though some here seem to have blinkers when it comes to that issue).
I'm sure it also doesn't help that in their free time they are either playing computer games or watching a television channel of other people playing computer games.... |
Really? how many kids are in that class? 2? obese? or just fat? |
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