Touchy Issues
So, I came across couple of interesting articles today. A report released on obesity in Europe reports the following.
In a group of nations from Greece to Germany, the proportion of overweight or obese men is higher than in the United States, experts said Tuesday in a major analysis of expanding girth on the European continent.
So, for those of you who still seems to believe that America is the only country in the world where the streets are filled with overweight and inactive people, this should be eye-opening data. Canada isn’t that far behind either, especially considering that the data cited in that report was compiled more than 7 years ago.
On that note, I read an interesting report which said that overweight cutoff point in BMI for some Asian people should be at 23 (instead of 25) due to our build. I don’t know whether that applies to Koreans, and I know that BMI doesn’t take into a lot of factors… but my BMI fluctuates between 22.5 and 23 (depending on the season, and whether I’m studying or working that term), so if that is true, then I’m bordering on overweight. Crap, maybe I should start exercising more.
The second interesting article was the one on North Korean cultural barrier being broken through cell phones and Korean soap operas. Although I’ve never personally watched any Korean soap operas, I’ve seen enough friends addicted to it… I guess being able to tell the North Koreans the truth about the world outside is the first step in bringing down or transforming the Kim regime in North Korea.
Lawrence Said,
March 15, 2005 @ 10:12 pm
I fluctuate between 22.6 and 25.8. How bout that