Sweatin it in the East

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• -Sweatin it in the East-
• By (CB)2

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By Mike Feldman Brandon Boldt
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Whats on the Menu

• Diet
• Exercise
• Routine Physical Labor

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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

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Diet Cont.

• 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

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Diet Cont

• Food cooked in Soy oils rather than animal oils
  or rice oils
  
• Very few midday/between meal snacks

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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
  

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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

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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

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• FAN DANCING!
• TAI CHI!
• BASKETBALL!
• BALLROOM DANCING!

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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 ethic
• Practicality of working out

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Daily Routine

• Manual labor in nearly all sectors of work
• Production in factories done by hand
• Bicycles used to commute

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Daily Routine Cont.

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

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Obesity

• Not all Chinese are skinny
• As of 2002 about 18 of China suffer from
  obesity
  
• Heart problems now plague China
• Obesity especially prominent in children

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Obesity Cont.

• Cause of Obesity is likely Westernization of the
  Chinese diet
  
• Dairy, beef, and especially sweets are consumed
  like never before

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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

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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 babiesYin,
  which is why Chinese people have leaner muscles
  and are not as large as other cultures

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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

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Happy Trails!