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At the same latitude Young Japanese men are shorter and thinner than northern Chinese men Mongolian men Kazakh men and Korean men Except North Korea South Korean men's height has stopped growing But I see some data Height is still growing in In northern China
At the same latitude Young Japanese men are shorter and thinner than northern Chinese men Mongolian men Kazakh men and Korean men Except North Korea South Korean men's height has stopped growing But I see some data Height is still growing in In northern China
Probably the increased seafood intake compared to meat. Also Buddhism is pretty serious in Japan and Taiwan also, and the most pious of Buddhists are vegetarians. I don´t know if that explains the height question, but to me it explains why they´re thinner.
.. because in America Poor people eat high calorie food American diet is more fattening But in Asia Poor people don't get better food 。 In Western China and Central Asia Yellow people in these areas They're significantly stronger than the rest of East Asia
In some Asian regions It's true. I found out They're nomads They also like meat and milk They're not rich But many Mongolian and Central Asian men are Stronger If you've seen Mongolian wrestlers in the video Japan is close to South Korea Liaoning and Shandong The average height of young Shandong and Liaoning men is close to that of French and Italian men But the average young Japanese man is only 171cm to 172cm In western countries The highest is the Nordic, Dutch, German, Mrs. nansra Many South Asian countries Many South Asians look white But they have black hair and black eyes
Probably the increased seafood intake compared to meat. Also Buddhism is pretty serious in Japan and Taiwan also, and the most pious of Buddhists are vegetarians. I don´t know if that explains the height question, but to me it explains why they´re thinner.
Most Japanese are only nominally Buddhist. There's a saying that the Japanese are born Shinto, marry Christian and die Buddhist, meaning they've adopted certain aspects of certain religions for specific occasions. For the most part, in their day-to-day lives, they are secular. Also, vegans and vegetarians are rare in Japan. People with restricted diets who move to Japan often struggle at first with finding food they want to eat.
In response to the OP's question, I'd say it's partly genetics and partly social. In Japan, people will point out right away when it looks like you've gained weight. If you're at all overweight, they will not hesitate to call you fat. It's not like in the West where people are very sensitive about things like that. Their beauty or cool standards are about being thin and fitting into nice clothes. They're generally not into body types that are huge and beefy like in the West where that's considered desirable.
Japan is nowhere near the top of the list of rich countries.
There are some but not many Japanese who cannot easily get enough food due to expensive prices of some food and lack of money like some people in the US.
Northern Chinese people traditionally have a different diet. Northern Chinese mainly ate wheat instead of rice, and meat is more common than seafood. Soymilk is commonly consumed at breakfast.
And not all ancestors of Japanese came from northern China and Korea. Some may have came from eastern or southern China , Southeast Asia and Oceania.
At the same latitude Young Japanese men are shorter and thinner than northern Chinese men Mongolian men Kazakh men and Korean men Except North Korea South Korean men's height has stopped growing But I see some data Height is still growing in In northern China
Am I missing something? Your title implies you will explain why Japanese are slimmer. But you don't.
Japan is an island country and for many generations in the past they were very poor and ate insufficiently (there was especially the lack of diary products and meat). It created some genetic problems that are still present, although it changes - younger generations of Japanese are much taller than their parents and grandparents. In Japan "slim is beautiful". Japan is not an individualistic society, so people try to adapt to the norms, including the norms of beauty. Being slim also means having self-discipline and that is valued a lot in Japanese society. Of course, not every Japanese is slim. There are people who look average or even slightly overweight, but in general - if you want to be considered attractive - you should be slim.
....According to the report, surveys by various international organizations show that the average height of Japanese is higher than that of China in the past few decades. However, the height of Japanese is not increasing continuously. The height of young people is the highest among the people born in 1978-1979, and then shows a downward trend. According to a study on the declining trend of Japanese height published by the National Center for adult medical research in 2017, the height of Japanese men and women born in 2014 at the age of 20 is expected to be 1.5cm and 0.6cm shorter than those born in 1978-1979, respectively. That is to say, the height of young people in Japan has not increased, but has become shorter.
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