http://mattschiavenza.com/2009/10/16/of-sickness-and-of-health-in-china/ From the Dragon to the Apple- A Sinophile in New York Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:30:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mattschiavenza.com/2009/10/16/of-sickness-and-of-health-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-83747 Ben Ross Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:22:43 +0000 http://mattschiavenza.com/?p=675#comment-83747 Excellent points on health and personal choice in China. To expound on your point about food, I've always found it interesting how poor people in China are usually relegated to eating a diet of rice and fresh farm vegetables. Poor people in the US seem to subsist on more of a diet of McDonald's and canned goods. Excellent points on health and personal choice in China. To expound on your point about food, I’ve always found it interesting how poor people in China are usually relegated to eating a diet of rice and fresh farm vegetables. Poor people in the US seem to subsist on more of a diet of McDonald’s and canned goods.

]]> http://mattschiavenza.com/2009/10/16/of-sickness-and-of-health-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-81892 Jeff Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:31:16 +0000 http://mattschiavenza.com/?p=675#comment-81892 I'd love to blame the fast food giants, but there are a lot of culprits here. Like Pat says, more purchasing power = more fat, specifically more meat. There's also the rise of the sedentary cubicle lifestyle, and we can also blame a lot of the fatty street snacks that are only really healthy when you have get up to go digging in your farm plot every morning at dawn. I’d love to blame the fast food giants, but there are a lot of culprits here. Like Pat says, more purchasing power = more fat, specifically more meat.
There’s also the rise of the sedentary cubicle lifestyle, and we can also blame a lot of the fatty street snacks that are only really healthy when you have get up to go digging in your farm plot every morning at dawn.

]]> http://mattschiavenza.com/2009/10/16/of-sickness-and-of-health-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-81889 Pat Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:56:15 +0000 http://mattschiavenza.com/?p=675#comment-81889 I don't know if I would see a strict direct causal relationship between "obesity in China only occurred after the sudden arrival of processed, Western food options such as KFC". It may be a contributing factor to households whom can actually afford KFC/McDonalds, but I'd also list as contributing factors the 'little emperor' syndrome and the growth of consumer purchasing power to finally actually eat higher caloric meals within the last 15 years. I don’t know if I would see a strict direct causal relationship between “obesity in China only occurred after the sudden arrival of processed, Western food options such as KFC”. It may be a contributing factor to households whom can actually afford KFC/McDonalds, but I’d also list as contributing factors the ‘little emperor’ syndrome and the growth of consumer purchasing power to finally actually eat higher caloric meals within the last 15 years.

]]> http://mattschiavenza.com/2009/10/16/of-sickness-and-of-health-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-81872 Lynnette Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:45:15 +0000 http://mattschiavenza.com/?p=675#comment-81872 Thank you for that article, and I agree with you, as much as I dislike the Beijing air (living in NZ has set my standards ridiculous high) I find more opportunity to walk and exercise in China, eating healthy is also very easily done. Great post. (: Thank you for that article, and I agree with you, as much as I dislike the Beijing air (living in NZ has set my standards ridiculous high) I find more opportunity to walk and exercise in China, eating healthy is also very easily done. Great post. (:

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