-Sweatin’ it in the East-By (CB)2

By Mike Feldman & Brandon Boldt

What’s on the Menu

DietExerciseRoutine Physical Labor

Diet

Many Vegetables and Legumes (even during breakfast)

Significantly less dairy and beef

Not as many sweets (most candy comes from America)

Well-rounded diet including animals and rice

Food is minced into small portions before serving

Smaller plates make for smaller servings

“Saucy Susan” is utilized, presenting the eater with a broad spectrum of food groups including animals and rice

Chopsticks more tedious to use than fork --> less food therefore consumed

Diet Cont.

Diet Cont…

Food cooked in Soy oils rather than animal oils or rice oils

Very few midday/between meal snacks

Exercise

Healthy physical conditioning considered important

Government Ministry of Health and State Physical Culture Administration stresses the importance of exercise

Provincial government and committees encourage exercise and use of town squares to work out

Companies stress mandatory exercise for employees

Exercise Cont.

Fitness is stressed in schools and physical activities such as martial arts and basketball are taught

Schools specializing in Martial Arts (Shaolin School) and gymnastics exist

Exercise Cont…

Each city contains a square or location where routine morning and evening exercises exist

Exercises in the square include but are not limited to…

…FAN DANCING!TAI CHI!BASKETBALL!BALLROOM DANCING!

Exercise Cont….

While exercising Chinese maintain customs, such as fan dancing and Tai Chi

In America Chinese exercises like Tai Chi have grown in popularity

Chinese work ethicPracticality of working out

Daily Routine

Manual labor in nearly all sectors of work

Production in factories done by hand

Bicycles used to commute

Daily Routine Cont.

Chopsticks burn more calories per meal than calories burned per meal by a fork

Obesity

Not all Chinese are skinnyAs of 2002 about 18% of

China suffer from obesityHeart problems now plague

ChinaObesity especially prominent

in children

Obesity Cont.

Cause of Obesity is likely Westernization of the Chinese diet

Dairy, beef, and especially sweets are consumed like never before

Obesity Cont.

Chinese Ministry of Health and Public Health Service Committees are attacking obesity as it is a real threat

Free medical evaluations Declare 2001 a “health year” Fat farms

Miscellaneous Factors

For an American or a foreigner, Dysentery will hit causing dehydration, loss of appetite, and weight loss

The Chinese believe that “milk is for babies”Yin, which is why Chinese people have leaner muscles and are not as large as other cultures

Miscellaneous Factors Cont.(Yin is large because he loves

Cheese)Chopsticks, although fun to use,

are more difficult than forks, allowing for increased calories burned per meal, and less food administered per capita

Happy Trails!