IT IS NOT OKAY TO BE FAT....In Japan

The Western Diet

In America you get in trouble for having drug paraphernalia, not curbing your dog, public urination and tampering with mail boxes. But over in one of the most fascinating places I have ever been it is now against the law to be obese.  According to a CNN news video I watched the other night, It is now illegal to be fat in Japan.

In the video they describe how obesity was never really a problem in Japan until the arrival of American fast food. Apparently our Eastern friends are not very happy with the results of the "Western Diet" aka "Man Diet." CNN reports that a traditional Japanese meal is about 600 calories where as a McDonald's meal (introduced to them by us) is roughly 1300 calories. Holy smokes (the Cigarettes that God prefers) that is more than double the calories.

From now on companies are going to be regulated to make sure that their employees maintain a healthy waste size (33 inches for men and 35 for women) The CNN report did not mention a regulation of Body Fat composition which is likely a better indication of potential health troubles rather than waste size but hey who cares as long as they are taking steps to reverse this problem to save themselves from spending a lot more money on employee insurance packages.