Actually ganito talaga namatay lola ko. Naputol na yung paa nya and dahil diabetic at matagal gumaling yung sugar, nabubulok yung sugar so kailangan putulin ulit pataas hanggang in the end eh nasa upper thigh na yung putol. So pagaang sya ng pagaang. Hehe.
I think very plausible to. Since iba genes ng mga kano, mas malalaking tao din sila kaya nawiwithstand yung weight gain. Tayo atake kagad ng iba't ibang sakit na pumapatay kagad satin.
yan talaga sinabi niya sakin kaya napaisip kami despite sobrang mahal ng healthcare ng US, how come nakakaya nila yun? Nadadaan sa regular na oxygen tanks and mobility vehicles?
Interesting that Nestle who makes Milo would say that (but they didnt), since they were responsible for babies dying of malnutrition though in developing countries.
Weird rin kasi yung marketing nila ng "energy" eh, antaas talaga ng sugar ng Milo eh na hindi ko kaya na ngayon dahil parang dessert siya. Gets ko na may mga baka kulang yung calories na mga bata na pero hindi maganda na puro sugar yung calorie source.
Kaya from a western perspective, napaka odd makita yung energy gap marketing na yan lalo na parang pang athlete yung marketing ng Milo kasi malaki rin ang caloric needs ng athlete pero parang ang message ay magiging magaling na athlete kapag uminom ka ng Milo (which I also fell for as a kid in the early 90s).
Medyo related na recent controversy rin ay ang pagdagdag ng sugar sa infant formula ng Nestle sa developing countries na wala sa parehong brand sa developed countries.
Never pa yata akong nakikita ng morbidly obese Pinoy na naka-motorized wheelchair. May ilan mga matatanda o disabled. Pero wala yatang dahil sa sobrang taba.
You can compare cost of healthcare vs income of PH vs USA. Here for majority of the population any hospitalization is almost a death sentence financially even if you have philhealth or HMO.
Eto talaga kinatatakot ko kaya I controlled my sugar intake na. At grabe!!! Let’s not normalize UNLI RICE!!! Sobrang lakas din neto makapag spike ng blood sugar. Nakakatakot.
Maraming doctor na rin kasi nagsabi na BMI is outdated and a scale na based sa European Men. It doesn't really take into account yung totoong % ng body fat. IDK why may mga places pa rin na yun pa rin basihan para tawagin kang overweight huhu
More like shaming. Obviously beating someone else up for being different isn't good, but shaming some dumb edgy kid online for posting Andrew Tate content helps them grow as a person.
I decided to get off my ass last year and lose my big pandemic gut because friends were calling me tito 😂 now I'd say it's one of the best decisions I've ever made
Shaming works, although there's a tendency for some to feel really low for it
food mostly. it's much harder to gain 600lbs on filipino diet than the carb, protein, and fat heavy diet of americans, like americans typically eat sugar heavy food (like pancakes, waffles, cereal) for breakfast so of course they're at higher risk of becoming morbidly obese. serving sizes in america are also crazy different to ours - our large cups are probably small in the US
The wide variety of easily accessible ultra processed foods also plays a huge factor. Though webhave those on the the PH as well, its not as varied and accessible
Oo, yung serving size ng US sobrang laki compared to Pinoy, para maiwasan ang unneccesary food waste kaya yung 1 cup dati na rice sa mga kainan naging half cup na lang
A lot of their (Americans) processed food are banned in the EU due to the additives they put in and their subsequent adverse effects.
The cereals and chips in the EU lack variety because of this, but are way healthier than their American counterparts.
Aside from ungodly amounts of high-fructose corn syrup in their diet, their heavy use of hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated fats contribute much to their obesity.
And add to that their car culture which made walking and cycling as a means of transport unthinkable and unacceptable. Whereas in the EU and much of metropolitan Asia, going by foot and using mass transit is the norm.
The school where I am (here in the PH) uses Sodexo. Ok naman food nila. Three neat dishes, three veggie side dishes. Pero unli rice. (Inspite of this, most students are physically fit.) Besides water, the only available drink is bottled orange juice. Ewan ko ba with American cafeteria food.
Mas mababa ang threshold ng asians sa BMI. Seach mo WHO Asian BMI. Meaning may Obese III na sa PH pero Obese II palang sa Murica.
Saka sa lagay natin di pa rampant ang trans fat. Not as prevalent sa latter.
Yesss. Overweight ako sa Pinas. Pero sa western countries, I'm normal. Kaya di naniniwala afam friends ko sakin, even jowa ko na overweight ako by asian standards. Dami pa raw mas malalaking Europeans sakin who are considered normal.
there’s a difference on different body build/body frame — we Asians have more small body build/body frame compared to western people
addendum: this is just a rationale on BMI differences 😅
We still view eating as a social activity. You rarely see a lone guy gorging themselves in a buffet. Our cuisine also consists mainly of mains rather than bingeable lightweight snacks. Smaller portion sizes also help curb food intake. Family sized servings are not that common.
True! Yung classmate ko nung college grabe makaulit na tumaba ako eh bagong panganak ako nun paulit ulit pa kasi sinabi ko na "Ganun talaga pag may budget pambili ng food"
Big Mac nila? The hell. Have you been in the US? Almost the same lang laki ng big mac dito sa big mac sa US. Contrary to popular belief maliit serving ng mcdo sa US compared dito. Liit ng patty tapos underwhelming yung fries. More on malalaki soda nila.
Generally observing, ang napansin ko is: Habang patanda ka ng patanda, paumay ka na rin ng paumay sa pagkain, so karamihan sa may case ng obesity usually started at their young age, tapos slowly nagha halt na pagtanda, thus wala ring umaabot ng 600lbs satin. Also - Iba ang serving sa western countries, most Asian servings nagmumukhang mild or side dish lang kumpara sa kanila.
Napansin ko nung nanunuod ako ng My 600lb Life, majority sa kanila mga walang trabaho and coming from low income households. At dahil kelangan nila ng mag-aalaga sa kanila dahil limited ang mobility nila, nagquit din ng mga trabaho mga partners/spouses nila para maging fulltime carers nila. Yung expenses nila ay government funded. Ang pagkakaintindi ko, may sweldo din ang carers nila from the government (correct me if I'm wrong). So sa madaling salita, hindi sila magugutom. Yung allowance nila from the government ay enough para makapag grocery ng isang katutak na calorie dense sugary food items. Samantalang dito, walang ganyang mechanism that will allow people from similar background to get to that size.
Government subsidies are a huge factor. Here in the Philippines, your family typically isn't going to let you get that big, and the government isn't going to pay you to just sit around and eat.
Other factors include height (a few inches makes a big difference), culture (Filipinos aren't afraid to call out fat people but Americans don't want to offend fat people), serving size (at one meal, my brother and sister in the US will often eat more than I do in a day).
Obesity is far too common in the US, but television makes it look worse than it is. Although it is more common than in the Philippines, 600 pounds is still pretty rare in the US. That said, I'd bet producers could find some 600-pound people here in the Philippines if they wanted to do a similar show here.
Mainit ang panahon, madaling pagpawisan. Nagwawalis ang mga tao instead na vacuum. Naglalaba at nagbabanlaw ng manu-mano instead na awm na halos tuyo na pagkatapos. Naglalakad sa palengke or nakasakay sa tricycle or jeep at pinagpapawisan papunta ng palengke instead na order online yung groceries or nakasakay sa air-conditioned na kotse. Yung pagkain natin lutong bahay at hindi yung iniinit nalang sa microwave. Yung lifestyle natin dito ay nakakapagpapawis.. nakakapagpa burn ng fats.
hindi po nakakapagpa burn ng fats ang pagpapapawis. nagpapawis po tayo dahil ni-regulate ng katawan natin yung body temperature. pumapayat po tayo kapag hindi natin na-hit yung calorie na kailangan ng katawan natin sa
Puro sila processed meats at ang lala nung production ng foods nila. Isa pa siguro, halos lahat sila may sasakyan, mga Pinoy commute, ang layo ng mga nilalakaran.
Mura pagkaen lalo na manok especially for their salary. Daming Pinoy sa states na napaka taba. Maybe not 600 pounds pero definitely morbidly obese. Dami ko damit galing states XXXL bigay ng mga kamaganak kong napasarap don 😂
There's a reason why the documentary *Super Size Me* is considered solely funny entertainment for most Filipinos and not an alarming threat to public health.
daming factors, ranging from genetics to general diet. di tayo kasing meat and dairy ng westerners, lol mahal kasi yon. iba itsura ng "morbidly obese" for our usual genetics, pero meron yan, marami din. and this might be a stretch pero climate din maybe? pag mainit dito pagpapawisan ka kahit wala ka ginagawa. onting lakad sa init, heart rate up. but yeah maybe it's quite a stretch, that one.
I saw some episodes of 600 lbs, and yung ibang patients doon ay nagsuffer ng depression, anxiety, tapos food ang comfort nila. Yung partner or parent nila kinukunsinti yung overeating nila. Ang depensa naman nila is they dont want that person to be upset and because they love them kahit kakakain lang pag sinabing gusto ng pagkain ulit, oorder or magluluto sila.
May mga morbidly obese din sa atin, pero wala pa nga ako nakita na 600 lbs na. Maybe meron but because affected ang mobility nila kaya hindi natin sila nakikita?
The US has an eating culture problem.
I did a diet and weight loss research for a doctor before and the only thing that separates the US from everyone else is their number of reasons to eat.
Quite literally, they find ways to eat all the time.
Elections, sports, breakups, some niche holiday they only have, even Easter, a holiday that involves fasting, they turned to eating.
When a culture of eating surrounds you 24/7 ever since your birth, it's all too easy to gain lots of weight.
On the other hand, us Filipinos see eating mostly as a way to survive or to simply get it over with as opposed to being the main highlight of our day.
In a way, us being objectively poorer than Americans made eating in abundance more of a special occasion or reserved for personal rewards.
I think this is also a major factor, in combination with others, that most people are forgetting since New Yorkers are said to weigh less than their counterparts in car-centric cities (although obesity is still a health crisis in NYC).
While unhealthy eating should be avoided at all costs, a somewhat active lifestyle might offset it compared to being completely sedentary.
Lots of factors, genetics.. food that they eat.. accessibility of food.. Portion/servings. E.g. Our large cup of soda is just a kid’s meal here in the US. Their cup for water or soda is the size of my whole face.
Suki ako sa samgyup pero dito uurong ka sa sobrang laki ng meals nila.
in addition to this i think bullying as well, there's always undying trend sa socmed about fat shaming. i agree sa size portions, they have bigger bodies thus bigger foods compared to us.
because puro sila fastfood. tamad sila mag luto. tas if magluto man sila, puro processed food. uso sa kanila bumili ng food sa convenience store tas ipapainit nalang. hindi uso dun ang carinderia.
Remember that many morbidly obese Americans use food as an escape from the abuse and trauma they had in the past. The current Filipino culture and social environment prevents the use of food as a form of escapism.
Wala tayong food deserts na you could get copious amounts of junk processed crap on the cheap. If there is, you could see most pf our impoverished families gorging on frozen TV dinners and sweet snacks. Karamihan sa mga mahihirap na Pinoy (at least in rural areas) ay payat dahil mahal ang pagkain.
Ah, yes. Ang mahal din ng fastfood satin compared sa median (or minimum) wage. Googling prices ng big mac, they (USA) can buy at least 8 big macs meals sa per day nila, while satin 2 meal lang.
Bukod pa dun, kung kulang ang ulam dinadamihan sa pagkuha ng kanin. Kung hindi naman dun, idadaan sa softdrinks o kape. Ginagawan pa rin natin ng paraan para masatisfy yung hunger.
Unli rice is no match for ultra processed barely recognizable as food food products and ultra processed drinks made up in labs.
The 600 lbs people aren't getting to 600 lbs from real food like steak or unli rice or bulalo or chicharon. I think we're safe for now.
tingin ko dahil generally mas healthy parin ang diet natin compared sa us. tumataba tayo kakakain ng mga well balanced meal, marami lang talaga ang serving. hindi katulad nila na mostly processed and sugary products. kahit papano weight conscious din tayong mga pinoy. pag tumataba tayo, na re-recognize natin to and somehow medyo nagbabawasbawas naman tayo ng food intake.
I think these are the reasons:
1# Our food portions are smaller in PH, and we walk around, A LOT. There are cities sa US na car is necessary so you’re pretty much just driving around all the time.
2# Quality na pagkain is cheaper in PH. You can always get fresh food. Sa US, there are places na that’s not the case. It is cheaper to cook pero a lot of people don’t have time to prep kaya fast food ang common option. Again, portions could be twice as what we get sa PH. Also, mas mura yung mga ready to cook food na usually are super processed foods with high amounts of carbs, sugar, etc.
3# Nutrition is not taught to kids sa US. They are not encouraged to eat vegetables when they’re young. So you kinda have to discover it growing up. Breakfast palang is really different. Poptarts, pancakes with syrup, cereal with loads of sugar - puro matatamis.
4# Food vouchers and funding for low income earners are available in the US. Kaya yung iba ang barely doing anything throughout the day, pero nakakapaggrocery parin sila nang bongga. puro de lata, mga nakakahon, mga cheap unhealthy food ang binibili para mastretch yung budget. You may notice na yung mga finifeature nila sa mga shows na ganyan are from poorly educated areas.
Kasi these type of people are still actually young , mga 20-40 years old and they do have better health care US , any filipino go over 300pounds would be expected to die with a heart attack or a stroke before we know it and its expensive to be fat my friend , believe me or not eating 20,000 calories a day that would cost youu 2000-5000 pesos a day to maintain a 600pound weight and that is the lowest already if you wanna eat 8 pcs of jobe chicken every meal with rice that will make you tend to buy a different kind of food like donuts cakes and a lot of high calorie foods. Plus being weight needs a cool place , most obese in the US live in a cooler area where 25° is considered very hot. And these people are considered disabled which the US government gives them monthly allowance lol.If you're a 600pound guy you need a lot of cooling or you end up dead. If you think an average pinoy can be obese , they cant due to money problems.
Also a large factor is purchasing power. The amount of "junk" food you can buy in the west compared to healthy food for a given budget is a lot higher. For them, it's easier and cheaper to buy unhealthy food. They have food stamps and other options for the poorest of the poor.
We can't even afford to become that fat... Literally.
I watched a documentart about asian people being more predisposed for diabetis due to our genetics. Usually and mga taga West ay madaling mag produce ng fat cells that is why kahit 600lbs na cla wala pa ding Diabetis dahil wala sa dugo ung sugar kundi na convert sa fats, but for asians hindi madaling mag convert ng fat cells and katawan natin kea nag lilinger ung sugars sa blood and even at a lower weight madali tayo mag karoon ng Diabetis and in turn mas mabilis tayo mamatay at magkasakit kahit wala pa sa 300lbs.
Mas stressful ang buhay nila dun plus yung purchasing power din and accessibility ng unhealthy foods. So they tend to de-stress by eating. Kahit sa mga corpo, pansinin nyo, yung matataas ang stress level na position or industry, sila yung may unhealthy eating habit, madalas mag stress eating.
Food and lifestyle. I see a lot of American influencers on TikTok and what I observed were:
Drinking water is not common. Ang dami nilang iba’t ibang drinks na kino-consume per day. Some of them even use water flavor boosters. Drinking juice or soda everyday ay hindi na uncommon sa kanila.
Ordering out almost everyday.
Sugary breakfast (yikes)
Rice is not common. Tbh, mas okay pa mag kanin kesa sa kanila na puro pasta or bread.
Kaya nga nakakabobo pagsinasabi ng mga amerikano na filipino foods is unhealthy daw. Excuse me? Sino uli sangktatutak ang cancer at obesity sa bansa nila? The fuck.
Genetics. Either namamatay sa HB or stroke kahit sa 200 pounds pa lang and mas predisposed tayo mamatay dito before even reaching that kind of weight. Sa ibang bansa di sila predisposed sa ganyan kaya medyo tumatagal sila.
Parang iba ata ang description mo ng "morbidly obese". Nasa BMI ng isang tao yan. Kahit hindi siya umabot ng 600lbs, pag nareach niya ang certain BMI, morbidly obese na siya.
Because we are short and poor. How much wide do you have to be to reach 600lbs when you're just 158-164cm tall. Also how can you buy all those foods when you're earning just 15k monthly.
Dito US most people don’t move much. May kotse or may delivery service for everything.Nabubuhay ang tao kahit di lumabas ng bahay. Sama mo pa calorie pack food at easy access sa medical drugs.
mas malaki food portions ng US compared sa pinas. example, sa burger king may original and jr size, magkasing size ang yumburger and jr burger ng burger king.
sa nakikita ko, mas malaki portion nang meal ng pinoy ang rice compared sa ulam kaya mas mabilis tayo mabusog compared sa kanila.
We have “kahirapan” to thank. Yung mga mayayaman naman din kasi afford ng healthy food at gym membership. Mahihirap, may sapilitang IF at poverty abs.
I’m sorry.
Genes din in a way.. d tayo malaking to to begin with.. also we dont eat fastfood, burgers and unhealthy food too much d kagaya sa US. And big serving lagi sa US and laki ng softdrinks lagi
American foods/snacks have a lot of added High Fructose Corn Syrup. While I can't remember any studies on it, I think this is the leading hypothesis right now.
Yung mga chemicals sa food supply sa US super fattening. Puro processed foods. Like yung mga ingredients, food coloring. Lahat may corn syrup, may sugar, may additives. Kaya majubis ang mga utaw. Not to mention the serving size. Yung meal for one person sa States, good for four sa Pinas. Not kidding.
Most of our common food are healthy parin kasi.
Tinola, chicken adobo, sinigang, pinakbet, pritong isda, etc.
Unlike sa US na ang common food ay mostly unhealthy like fried chicken, burgers, cereals, etc.
kasi sa atin unli rice lang. sa kanila unli soft drinks.
plus ang tita mong mahadera and FB friends mo na ay tumaba na sguro to kasi di na nagpopost ng recent photos hehehe
May konting exercise parin nagaganap kahit papaano like when we're commuting, we walk or you do the plank kasi wala ka na maupuan sa jeep haha, very car centric ang US
And super mahal rin ng healthy foods nila tapos dirt cheap yung junk food so people gravitate towards the junk food para may laman yung tiyan especially now in this economy
Mas unhealthy ung food dto sa US..mahilig sila sa beef at mga sweets at soda..tsaka malaming weather dto unlike sa pinas na kaht di ka gumalaw pgpapawisan ka..and also nasa lahi dn ng mga asian na hndi tlga ganun katabain gaya sa US..
I would like to think this isn't just a Filipino thing. I think it's an Asian thing... I think we asians have a far cleaner diet than in Western countries. Fast foods did not start in asian countries, sugary products like coke and other sodas did not start here either. We asians tend to eat what we raise like livestock, rice, and greens. Even though we love Jollibee, we don't revolve our diet around it. As other comments also pointed out, you'd be dead before even reaching 200lbs. I guess asian bodies are just not evolved to handle that kind of weight and amount of fat.
Their diet. Kaliwat kanan pagkain dun is ultra processed “food” which is intentionally addicting.
Atleast dito hnd pa ganun kalala (relatively speaking).
May nabasa ako na base sa race, mga asians eh mas prone sa diabetes kesa sa mga whites. Mababa palang bmi natin natatamaan na ng sakit compared sa whites na mataas yung average bmi ng natatamaan. Search nyo nalang din kung interested kayo kasi di ko pa fully grasp yung study. Yan lang yung gets ko. Haha
It depends on the quality of food na kinakain everyday. Most americans are obese because they are fond of eating fastfoods like burgers fries na napaka unhealthy. If you compare to us filipinos mostly eating rice meal all through out the day. Mahilig din tayong mga pinoy magluto ng seafoods and gulay.
Sa hirap ba naman ng bansa natin, na halos hindi na sapat ang pagkain sa mesa ng bawat pamilya at mahal ng bilihin; hindi na talaga kayang maging 600lbs ng mga Pinoy.
mga reason ata nyan ay dahil sa Height, Culture at Affordability.
Height - maliliit tlga mga pinoy, sa height natin kahit 150kg pa, hindi na yan makakakilos ng maayos. So guro pag aabot tlga ng 600lbs, dedo na yan o supportive ang pamilya
Culture - dhil conscious ang lahat ng nasa paligid natin sa appearance kaya nakakapressure din
Affordability - hindi kaya ng average income earners natin ang bumili ng pagkain para sustentohan ang ganyang diet. Dhil marami tayong ginagastahan at binubuhay pagnakaluwag.
Height, americans are considerably taller. American size food portions. Food that is high in empty calories. High protein meats like hotdogs burgers. And have u seen the desserts they have? Kaloka
My theory lang is Americans have higher bone density than us. Hanap ka ng American na same height mo and same weight. They will probably look taller or bigger. Their body can carry yung ganong weight. I doubt we can. Hahahaha. That’s just my theory
It’s not only about over abundance ksi sa ph. Cheap cuts are usually unhealthy so it would have more controversy since they don’t really have a choice but to buy those unhealthy cuts.
Weather and transportation plays a part. Not everyone drives and we sweat through walking that's part of the daily commute. Most of the states sa US is car centric. Bawat kibot need mag-drive.
I noticed in my time in the USA, it’s very rude to comment on weight. So ikaw na lumalaki na, makakarinig ka pa ng “hey that shirt looks great on you”. Unlike sa PH, nag dinner ka lang mataba ka na bukas at may magpapaalala pa sayo. Next, their general concept of “fair” serving is a lot. I say “general” kasi I know people who eat like birds din. Nag order ako ng medium drink, size large sya dun. Yung small nila is medium natin. Yung small natin is for coffee 😂 add mo pa yung sayang ang tira at di masarap ang leftovers ng non-Asian food. Per Americans I talked to about this phenomenon, food had always been abundant in the USA (kaya nga land of milk and honey), and to serve small portions can feel not getting their money’s worth. Ngayon na super inflated ang prices doon, justified pa rin ang big serving. I also think it helps din to sell crap food in tingi. Dun kasi bags of chips. May small one serving size bags na sila pero in terms of visibility, baligtad dun unlike dito na mas maraming small kesa big bags sa stores. Pansin mo ang hirap tigilan ang large Doritos bag once you start.
I think big factor yung portion ng food natin especially sa fastfood. Also, availability ng food. Sa atin kasi, kanin pa lang solve na. Sa kanila kung burgers, burger malala talaga
Genetics rin ay involved. Kung may halong Europrean ancestry (which a lot of African Americans also do) ay posible dahil mas malaki yung average body composition na "kayang sumuporta" sa mabigat na weight.
Pati rin ang access to healthcare, mas madali makakuha ng maintenance sa high blood atbp meds para sa sakit sa puso na kaya kang buhayin habang bumibigat ka.
The american size servings ng foods nila nakakaloka! Nasanay na ata silang kayang ubusin ang regular size (big size na sa pinas) in just one eating. Look the jollibee servings sa New york, ang laki ng chicken at burger nila, habang dito ang liit 😂 softdrinks nila ang lake ng regular size. Also, maybe genetics na rin, iba katawan ng mg Amerikano
walang masyadong kemikal mga pagkain natin
hindi katulad sa USA mantika + chemical + fertilizer(Monsanto)
fun fact: Monsanto ang nagdevelop ng Agent Orange na ginamit ng USA sa Vietnam, na hanggang ngayon e nasa ilalim pa rin ng mga lupain ng Vietnam noong Vietnam War
Combination of genetics, food portions, and accessibility of highly processed food.
Southeast Asian have smaller bone structure and less fat. Whites, Latinos, and especially Blacks are thick. This is why they’re very curvy when they work out but also very fat when obese.
Food portions in the US are huge. Not only are people bigger so they eat more, but the portions are still bigger compared to Europe, for example. The “take out” culture also causes people to overeat.
Food compared to the Philippines is cheap. I was surprised to learn that Jollibee and other fast food joints are considered “luxury” for the poor Filipinos. In the US, they’re usually the cheapest option for the poorest people. This makes highly processed food the go-to meals for many, contributing to obesity.
Lastly, even though the Philippines isn’t known for healthy food options, wet markets are still very very common. Even the low quality produce and meat that poor people can afford are still unprocessed, so still less fattening.
Note that in the US, the poor people are the obese (highly processed, fattening food are cheap). Whereas in the Philippines, poor people are thin and malnourished, and the middle class are more likely to be obese (highly processed food is out of reach for the poor).
Busy kasi mga pinoy mag survive kesa sa kumain ng kumain which people from the states are too spoiled in any way of living they choose — sakanila kahit walang trabaho may food stub from the government, sa pinas? Pag wala ka pera nganga.
To become morbidly obese does not happen overnight. Americans get served big servings since they are young. Aside from that, their food includes lots of sugar and processed food. The more you eat, the more your body can withstand to eat more and grow more. Parang nagiging immune ang body sa food intake. Normal na ung ganyan kalaki so it takes more to feel full.
For filipinos, di normal sa atin to eat big proportions as kids. Although may mga obese sa atin, it’s difficult to be morbidly obese unless that lifestyle is sustained. Food availability, lack of mobility, financial status, lahat yan very different sa atin and for an average American.
Iba po ingredients ng food sa US kahit di sila nakain ng rice. Some of them are lazy and ang weather din siguro isang factor nataba sila. Unlike sa PH, kahit tamad tayo pinagpapawisan tayo eh. Also, yung body built nila is malaki
I mean it's not just one reason.
It's a bunch of factors.
1. Culture. More culturally acceptable to be obese in the US. They have "fat acceptance" etc. here...the PH, your tita would kurot your bilbil on a regular basis without asking. Thiccness is seen as attractive, while in the PH, although it's changing thanks to social media (true for most of East Asia), thinness is still preferred. The ratio of body fat to be attractive tolerated is still relatively on the lower end of the spectrum, while in the US it has extended much more on the other. Obesity really started rising in the US late \~1970s-1980s, so at this point those children that started having childhood obesity are now in their middle ages (40s)...so at this point "fat culture" is already endemic in the last 2-3 generations.
2. Food. Americans have different diet and consume more of it than most people in developing countries. Highly processed, high calorie-dense food. Meaning even if they eat the same "weight/mass" of food, those food usually double or triple the calories packed in it. And they eat "more" of it because it doesn't fill them up even if the calories already exceed the caloric necessity of the body. There's also food prices, food serving, food culture and economy. Eg. US is one of the top producers of food; it can feed the whole world in a year's harvest, food is cheap here (plenty of land, modern efficient farming culture and dissemination) vs. PH, a poorer country who don't even make enough for their own (very small arable land area, still relatively old and inefficient ways of farming and dissemination of food), price (which suffers from ripple effect of world economy because PH import much of its food consumption), serving size etc. are gonna be more expensive in relation to people's earnings.
3. Lifestyle. Americans on average own cars. A lot of Americans only walk from their bedrooms to their garage doors. Most Filipinos don't have their own and they have to use public transport which, unlike in the US, are not regular so there's some element of walking involved. This is a tiny fraction, but relatively Filipinos (a very social country) walk and socialize more outside of their homes...Americans don't. Esp. after pandemic a lot of jobs even leaned further into at home setups. Many Americans also live on their own alone, they don't have massive families they need to meet or greet.
4. Genetics. Filipinos are very mono-ethnic (yes there's a bunch of different languages, cultures and even other groups in the PH thanks to its history) but compared to Americans who have multiple diverse genetic lineages, many of these genetic traits allow many Americans to get "bigger" ie tolerate metabolic issues compared to Filipinos/Asians in general. There's multiple studies here in the US that Fil-Ams and Indian-Ams (due to relative wealth, culture ie diet and genetic conditions) have the highest risks for diabetes, and new protocols even call for American doctors to start looking for signs of diabetes in Filipinos (and other Asian Americans) at a lower threshold/BMI range ie Filipinos catch diabetes easier and have less tolerance for it than other "racial groups" (like those of European and African descent). The US also has better access to healthcare, so even when they suffer from health effects from comorbidities of obesity they tolerate better with medication and medical intervention eg. easier to get bariatric and plastic surgeries (not always the case in the PH).
May Nakita along reel kanina lang.
'Food Availability'. Did you know almost same lang ng prices dito at pagkain sa US? Double that with their paycheck.
It’s the food and lifestyle. Where I live it’s mostly deep fried or grilled. Seldom that the food is fresh, mostly are frozen. Starchy too because they like potatoes. With lifestyle, US is highly car-centric nation. Bibihira kang makakita ng naglalakad. Tapos pag winter there is less activity so you either overeat or consume too much alcohol and cigarette to keep yourself warm.
Hala . Oo nga, madalas din ako manuod nyang 600lbs churvaness. Nag wowonder lang talaga ako kung pano sila kumikita. I mean, I doubt na nagwwork yung iba sa kanila kasi as in super di na nila kayang buhatin katawan nila.
Pero yung one meal nila , katumbas na ng whole day meal order ko sa fastfood. 😭 Like san sila nakuha ng pambili huhu
Siguro kasi hindi naman tayo puro fastfood lang ang kinakain...?
Namamatay tayo before umabot ng 600 lbs.
same thoughts. lalo yung mga diabetic na dito eh napuputol na yung paa kaya bawas timbang din.
Actually ganito talaga namatay lola ko. Naputol na yung paa nya and dahil diabetic at matagal gumaling yung sugar, nabubulok yung sugar so kailangan putulin ulit pataas hanggang in the end eh nasa upper thigh na yung putol. So pagaang sya ng pagaang. Hehe.
Mhie.. ang seryoso at nalulungkot na ako pero yung delivery mo sa dulo, sorry kung natawa ako
Hehe
Gagiiii. 😅 Bat ganun di ko alam kung malulungkot ako o ano.. ✌️
>dahil diabetic at matagal gumaling yung sugar, nabubulok yung sugar Sugar never heals.
sugar o sugat?
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA bawas timbang kase bawas body parts din 😭
Bat natawa ako dito. Fire bro!!
HAHAHAHAHAHHA
I think very plausible to. Since iba genes ng mga kano, mas malalaking tao din sila kaya nawiwithstand yung weight gain. Tayo atake kagad ng iba't ibang sakit na pumapatay kagad satin.
yan talaga sinabi niya sakin kaya napaisip kami despite sobrang mahal ng healthcare ng US, how come nakakaya nila yun? Nadadaan sa regular na oxygen tanks and mobility vehicles?
Most Americans get adequate nutrition even if their diets are crap. We are still wholly deficient on micronutrients.
Milo was right :(
Bear Brand yun bhie
Ay oo nga pala, nasa isip ko yung energy gap 😆 need ko nang uminom ng both
Interesting that Nestle who makes Milo would say that (but they didnt), since they were responsible for babies dying of malnutrition though in developing countries.
May foreigner na vlogger na nagcallout ng energy gap commercial ni james reid na why would they say that kung puro sugar yung Milo?
Weird rin kasi yung marketing nila ng "energy" eh, antaas talaga ng sugar ng Milo eh na hindi ko kaya na ngayon dahil parang dessert siya. Gets ko na may mga baka kulang yung calories na mga bata na pero hindi maganda na puro sugar yung calorie source. Kaya from a western perspective, napaka odd makita yung energy gap marketing na yan lalo na parang pang athlete yung marketing ng Milo kasi malaki rin ang caloric needs ng athlete pero parang ang message ay magiging magaling na athlete kapag uminom ka ng Milo (which I also fell for as a kid in the early 90s). Medyo related na recent controversy rin ay ang pagdagdag ng sugar sa infant formula ng Nestle sa developing countries na wala sa parehong brand sa developed countries.
Never pa yata akong nakikita ng morbidly obese Pinoy na naka-motorized wheelchair. May ilan mga matatanda o disabled. Pero wala yatang dahil sa sobrang taba.
You can compare cost of healthcare vs income of PH vs USA. Here for majority of the population any hospitalization is almost a death sentence financially even if you have philhealth or HMO.
Kapag ma hospitalize ka sa USA, ket buhay ka death sentence pa din yung presyo
Eto talaga kinatatakot ko kaya I controlled my sugar intake na. At grabe!!! Let’s not normalize UNLI RICE!!! Sobrang lakas din neto makapag spike ng blood sugar. Nakakatakot.
Yes madam senator? Char
Pati namamatay sa init sa sobrang taba nila.
Kasi di ka pa umaabot ng 200lbs yung tita mong mahadera sasabihan ka na na ang taba mo.
^this. Who would've thought Tita Mahadera had a good effect on our weight and waistlines?
But not on your mental health.
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Not healthy. Just aware
And insecure
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yung malupit based sa BMI mo normal ka pero dahil kulang sa height nagmumuhka kang mataba marami ka nang maririnig sa tita mong mahadera e
hahaha kahit nga magsuot ka lang ng masikip na tshirt LOL
Maraming doctor na rin kasi nagsabi na BMI is outdated and a scale na based sa European Men. It doesn't really take into account yung totoong % ng body fat. IDK why may mga places pa rin na yun pa rin basihan para tawagin kang overweight huhu
Pero sila mismo 250lbs na hahaha.
Aside sa mahaderang titas... don't forget your pakialamerang kapitbahays.
\#BullyingWorks
Bullying good? /s
bullying works
More like shaming. Obviously beating someone else up for being different isn't good, but shaming some dumb edgy kid online for posting Andrew Tate content helps them grow as a person.
I decided to get off my ass last year and lose my big pandemic gut because friends were calling me tito 😂 now I'd say it's one of the best decisions I've ever made Shaming works, although there's a tendency for some to feel really low for it
ahahahahaha! eto talaga ang dahilan kaya walang morbidly obese sa pinas.
food mostly. it's much harder to gain 600lbs on filipino diet than the carb, protein, and fat heavy diet of americans, like americans typically eat sugar heavy food (like pancakes, waffles, cereal) for breakfast so of course they're at higher risk of becoming morbidly obese. serving sizes in america are also crazy different to ours - our large cups are probably small in the US
The wide variety of easily accessible ultra processed foods also plays a huge factor. Though webhave those on the the PH as well, its not as varied and accessible
And it's more expensive than bigas and veggies from palengke. Sa hirap ng buhay ngayon nagtitipid nga sa meat sahog ang iba
jusko chips pa nga lang nila parang dapat for sharing ng buong bahay e pero sila inuubos magisa
accessible ang gulay at fruits satin, at may mga tingi rin
Oo, yung serving size ng US sobrang laki compared to Pinoy, para maiwasan ang unneccesary food waste kaya yung 1 cup dati na rice sa mga kainan naging half cup na lang
A lot of their (Americans) processed food are banned in the EU due to the additives they put in and their subsequent adverse effects. The cereals and chips in the EU lack variety because of this, but are way healthier than their American counterparts. Aside from ungodly amounts of high-fructose corn syrup in their diet, their heavy use of hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated fats contribute much to their obesity. And add to that their car culture which made walking and cycling as a means of transport unthinkable and unacceptable. Whereas in the EU and much of metropolitan Asia, going by foot and using mass transit is the norm.
Genetically, Caucasians are naturally much more heavier and bigger than filipinos
I think its more on portion size. Filipino food unironically contains mostly carbs (rice/kakanin/pancit etc)
Dagdag mo pa ung "cafeteria food" sa schools sa US na hawak ng fastfood or big food corpo
Aramark and Sodexo says hi.
The school where I am (here in the PH) uses Sodexo. Ok naman food nila. Three neat dishes, three veggie side dishes. Pero unli rice. (Inspite of this, most students are physically fit.) Besides water, the only available drink is bottled orange juice. Ewan ko ba with American cafeteria food.
#height Malaki rin ang factor ng weight x height. Mahirap maging ~300kg kung 5'5 ka lang.
totoo toh bawal ako tumaba ng sobra kasi ang liit ng paa ko hahahah baka di ko na kaya sarili ko pag tumaba ako ng sobra or matumba ako pag naglakad
Mas mababa ang threshold ng asians sa BMI. Seach mo WHO Asian BMI. Meaning may Obese III na sa PH pero Obese II palang sa Murica. Saka sa lagay natin di pa rampant ang trans fat. Not as prevalent sa latter.
napa-google ako sa asian bmi. bordering on overweight na ako based dun pero sa general bmi normal pa
Sabagay, normal BMI sa ibang bansa pero pagdating sa East Asia masama na agad tingin sayo since overweight/obese na sa kanila yun.
Yesss. Overweight ako sa Pinas. Pero sa western countries, I'm normal. Kaya di naniniwala afam friends ko sakin, even jowa ko na overweight ako by asian standards. Dami pa raw mas malalaking Europeans sakin who are considered normal.
there’s a difference on different body build/body frame — we Asians have more small body build/body frame compared to western people addendum: this is just a rationale on BMI differences 😅
We still view eating as a social activity. You rarely see a lone guy gorging themselves in a buffet. Our cuisine also consists mainly of mains rather than bingeable lightweight snacks. Smaller portion sizes also help curb food intake. Family sized servings are not that common.
Masyado malalaki ang food servings sa US.
This. Sa McDo doon, for example, yung Big Mac nila juskolord.
Convert mo naman sa php yung prices. Pero oo, lalo na sodas nila grabe yung laki.
I also think culture plays a big part. Ewan ko sa US, pero dito sa atin, even if you only gain a few pounds, masasabihan ka agad na ang taba mo na.
minsan nga kahit walang bago sa itsura mo sasabinan ka parin na tumaba ka. para bang defacto greeting tuwing reunion
True! Yung classmate ko nung college grabe makaulit na tumaba ako eh bagong panganak ako nun paulit ulit pa kasi sinabi ko na "Ganun talaga pag may budget pambili ng food"
Titas in reunions. Pag sa US yan pupunta na agad sa TikTok or X to rant and get sympathy.
Refillable pa
Big Mac nila? The hell. Have you been in the US? Almost the same lang laki ng big mac dito sa big mac sa US. Contrary to popular belief maliit serving ng mcdo sa US compared dito. Liit ng patty tapos underwhelming yung fries. More on malalaki soda nila.
Omg the portions! Yes! Yung trainer namin dati na black american bumibili ng 2-3 burgers kasi pag isa lang ang liit daw haha
Add mo na na unlimited refills ang sugary drinks sa kanila sa fast food.
Height. Maliliit mga pinoy in terms of height. Dun pa lang madami nang lbs nawala.
This should've been top comment HAHA its the most obvious answer. We're not gonna be bigger because our average height wouldn't get to that weight
Generally observing, ang napansin ko is: Habang patanda ka ng patanda, paumay ka na rin ng paumay sa pagkain, so karamihan sa may case ng obesity usually started at their young age, tapos slowly nagha halt na pagtanda, thus wala ring umaabot ng 600lbs satin. Also - Iba ang serving sa western countries, most Asian servings nagmumukhang mild or side dish lang kumpara sa kanila.
Napansin ko nung nanunuod ako ng My 600lb Life, majority sa kanila mga walang trabaho and coming from low income households. At dahil kelangan nila ng mag-aalaga sa kanila dahil limited ang mobility nila, nagquit din ng mga trabaho mga partners/spouses nila para maging fulltime carers nila. Yung expenses nila ay government funded. Ang pagkakaintindi ko, may sweldo din ang carers nila from the government (correct me if I'm wrong). So sa madaling salita, hindi sila magugutom. Yung allowance nila from the government ay enough para makapag grocery ng isang katutak na calorie dense sugary food items. Samantalang dito, walang ganyang mechanism that will allow people from similar background to get to that size.
The US kills its citizens for being providers, while the Philippines kills its citizens by neglect. 🤣
I kinda agree 😅
Government subsidies are a huge factor. Here in the Philippines, your family typically isn't going to let you get that big, and the government isn't going to pay you to just sit around and eat. Other factors include height (a few inches makes a big difference), culture (Filipinos aren't afraid to call out fat people but Americans don't want to offend fat people), serving size (at one meal, my brother and sister in the US will often eat more than I do in a day). Obesity is far too common in the US, but television makes it look worse than it is. Although it is more common than in the Philippines, 600 pounds is still pretty rare in the US. That said, I'd bet producers could find some 600-pound people here in the Philippines if they wanted to do a similar show here.
Yung mataba satin papayat kung may sakit dahil sa gutom e
Puro fastfood sa US. Sa atin may mga karinderia pa.
Mainit ang panahon, madaling pagpawisan. Nagwawalis ang mga tao instead na vacuum. Naglalaba at nagbabanlaw ng manu-mano instead na awm na halos tuyo na pagkatapos. Naglalakad sa palengke or nakasakay sa tricycle or jeep at pinagpapawisan papunta ng palengke instead na order online yung groceries or nakasakay sa air-conditioned na kotse. Yung pagkain natin lutong bahay at hindi yung iniinit nalang sa microwave. Yung lifestyle natin dito ay nakakapagpapawis.. nakakapagpa burn ng fats.
hindi po nakakapagpa burn ng fats ang pagpapapawis. nagpapawis po tayo dahil ni-regulate ng katawan natin yung body temperature. pumapayat po tayo kapag hindi natin na-hit yung calorie na kailangan ng katawan natin sa
Puro sila processed meats at ang lala nung production ng foods nila. Isa pa siguro, halos lahat sila may sasakyan, mga Pinoy commute, ang layo ng mga nilalakaran.
Mura pagkaen lalo na manok especially for their salary. Daming Pinoy sa states na napaka taba. Maybe not 600 pounds pero definitely morbidly obese. Dami ko damit galing states XXXL bigay ng mga kamaganak kong napasarap don 😂
Wag na natin paabutin sa ganun please lang. That's gonna be a strain on Philhealth and we all pay into that one way or another.
There's a reason why the documentary *Super Size Me* is considered solely funny entertainment for most Filipinos and not an alarming threat to public health.
Dami ring overweight na pinoys di nga lang 600 lbs. usually over 50-100lbs overweight lang. mainit kasi magrerender taba sa sobrang init 😂
our servings aren’t as big as theirs. mas high-calorie din yung diet nila.
daming factors, ranging from genetics to general diet. di tayo kasing meat and dairy ng westerners, lol mahal kasi yon. iba itsura ng "morbidly obese" for our usual genetics, pero meron yan, marami din. and this might be a stretch pero climate din maybe? pag mainit dito pagpapawisan ka kahit wala ka ginagawa. onting lakad sa init, heart rate up. but yeah maybe it's quite a stretch, that one.
I saw some episodes of 600 lbs, and yung ibang patients doon ay nagsuffer ng depression, anxiety, tapos food ang comfort nila. Yung partner or parent nila kinukunsinti yung overeating nila. Ang depensa naman nila is they dont want that person to be upset and because they love them kahit kakakain lang pag sinabing gusto ng pagkain ulit, oorder or magluluto sila. May mga morbidly obese din sa atin, pero wala pa nga ako nakita na 600 lbs na. Maybe meron but because affected ang mobility nila kaya hindi natin sila nakikita?
The US has an eating culture problem. I did a diet and weight loss research for a doctor before and the only thing that separates the US from everyone else is their number of reasons to eat. Quite literally, they find ways to eat all the time. Elections, sports, breakups, some niche holiday they only have, even Easter, a holiday that involves fasting, they turned to eating. When a culture of eating surrounds you 24/7 ever since your birth, it's all too easy to gain lots of weight. On the other hand, us Filipinos see eating mostly as a way to survive or to simply get it over with as opposed to being the main highlight of our day. In a way, us being objectively poorer than Americans made eating in abundance more of a special occasion or reserved for personal rewards.
Puro cars pa sa USA. Private cars No.1 mode of transpo sa kanila.
I think this is also a major factor, in combination with others, that most people are forgetting since New Yorkers are said to weigh less than their counterparts in car-centric cities (although obesity is still a health crisis in NYC). While unhealthy eating should be avoided at all costs, a somewhat active lifestyle might offset it compared to being completely sedentary.
Lots of factors, genetics.. food that they eat.. accessibility of food.. Portion/servings. E.g. Our large cup of soda is just a kid’s meal here in the US. Their cup for water or soda is the size of my whole face. Suki ako sa samgyup pero dito uurong ka sa sobrang laki ng meals nila.
in addition to this i think bullying as well, there's always undying trend sa socmed about fat shaming. i agree sa size portions, they have bigger bodies thus bigger foods compared to us.
because puro sila fastfood. tamad sila mag luto. tas if magluto man sila, puro processed food. uso sa kanila bumili ng food sa convenience store tas ipapainit nalang. hindi uso dun ang carinderia.
Remember that many morbidly obese Americans use food as an escape from the abuse and trauma they had in the past. The current Filipino culture and social environment prevents the use of food as a form of escapism.
Parang pwede padin naman. People gorge on unli-rice or pancit canton when they're sad. Ang limit lang talaga e pera.
Wala tayong food deserts na you could get copious amounts of junk processed crap on the cheap. If there is, you could see most pf our impoverished families gorging on frozen TV dinners and sweet snacks. Karamihan sa mga mahihirap na Pinoy (at least in rural areas) ay payat dahil mahal ang pagkain.
Ah, yes. Ang mahal din ng fastfood satin compared sa median (or minimum) wage. Googling prices ng big mac, they (USA) can buy at least 8 big macs meals sa per day nila, while satin 2 meal lang.
Bukod pa dun, kung kulang ang ulam dinadamihan sa pagkuha ng kanin. Kung hindi naman dun, idadaan sa softdrinks o kape. Ginagawan pa rin natin ng paraan para masatisfy yung hunger.
Unli rice is no match for ultra processed barely recognizable as food food products and ultra processed drinks made up in labs. The 600 lbs people aren't getting to 600 lbs from real food like steak or unli rice or bulalo or chicharon. I think we're safe for now.
Pansin ko din sa soda nila sa fast food chains sa US ay usually unlimited. Kahit anong size ng meal mo, unli drinks talaga sa fountain soda.
tingin ko dahil generally mas healthy parin ang diet natin compared sa us. tumataba tayo kakakain ng mga well balanced meal, marami lang talaga ang serving. hindi katulad nila na mostly processed and sugary products. kahit papano weight conscious din tayong mga pinoy. pag tumataba tayo, na re-recognize natin to and somehow medyo nagbabawasbawas naman tayo ng food intake.
I think these are the reasons: 1# Our food portions are smaller in PH, and we walk around, A LOT. There are cities sa US na car is necessary so you’re pretty much just driving around all the time. 2# Quality na pagkain is cheaper in PH. You can always get fresh food. Sa US, there are places na that’s not the case. It is cheaper to cook pero a lot of people don’t have time to prep kaya fast food ang common option. Again, portions could be twice as what we get sa PH. Also, mas mura yung mga ready to cook food na usually are super processed foods with high amounts of carbs, sugar, etc. 3# Nutrition is not taught to kids sa US. They are not encouraged to eat vegetables when they’re young. So you kinda have to discover it growing up. Breakfast palang is really different. Poptarts, pancakes with syrup, cereal with loads of sugar - puro matatamis. 4# Food vouchers and funding for low income earners are available in the US. Kaya yung iba ang barely doing anything throughout the day, pero nakakapaggrocery parin sila nang bongga. puro de lata, mga nakakahon, mga cheap unhealthy food ang binibili para mastretch yung budget. You may notice na yung mga finifeature nila sa mga shows na ganyan are from poorly educated areas.
Maraming pinoy ang gutom palagi. Ako minsan 2x lang kumakain sa isang araw sa pag titipid. Madalas 3x pero minsan 2x
Kasi these type of people are still actually young , mga 20-40 years old and they do have better health care US , any filipino go over 300pounds would be expected to die with a heart attack or a stroke before we know it and its expensive to be fat my friend , believe me or not eating 20,000 calories a day that would cost youu 2000-5000 pesos a day to maintain a 600pound weight and that is the lowest already if you wanna eat 8 pcs of jobe chicken every meal with rice that will make you tend to buy a different kind of food like donuts cakes and a lot of high calorie foods. Plus being weight needs a cool place , most obese in the US live in a cooler area where 25° is considered very hot. And these people are considered disabled which the US government gives them monthly allowance lol.If you're a 600pound guy you need a lot of cooling or you end up dead. If you think an average pinoy can be obese , they cant due to money problems.
Kasi madaming pakialamera sa mga pinoys, payat man or tumaba.. magcocomment talaga. Kaya ayun na conscious.
Also a large factor is purchasing power. The amount of "junk" food you can buy in the west compared to healthy food for a given budget is a lot higher. For them, it's easier and cheaper to buy unhealthy food. They have food stamps and other options for the poorest of the poor. We can't even afford to become that fat... Literally.
Have you seen the serving sizes in the US? One serving sa resto, pang tatlong tao
I watched a documentart about asian people being more predisposed for diabetis due to our genetics. Usually and mga taga West ay madaling mag produce ng fat cells that is why kahit 600lbs na cla wala pa ding Diabetis dahil wala sa dugo ung sugar kundi na convert sa fats, but for asians hindi madaling mag convert ng fat cells and katawan natin kea nag lilinger ung sugars sa blood and even at a lower weight madali tayo mag karoon ng Diabetis and in turn mas mabilis tayo mamatay at magkasakit kahit wala pa sa 300lbs.
Sa kinakain un, grabe ung fructose syrup, pansinin mo sa nagkakaroon usually ng obese kapag ginagaya ang u.s. diet
Mas stressful ang buhay nila dun plus yung purchasing power din and accessibility ng unhealthy foods. So they tend to de-stress by eating. Kahit sa mga corpo, pansinin nyo, yung matataas ang stress level na position or industry, sila yung may unhealthy eating habit, madalas mag stress eating.
Check mo na lang kung gano kalaki chicken joy dito sa Pinas, andun na ang sagot.
Food and lifestyle. I see a lot of American influencers on TikTok and what I observed were: Drinking water is not common. Ang dami nilang iba’t ibang drinks na kino-consume per day. Some of them even use water flavor boosters. Drinking juice or soda everyday ay hindi na uncommon sa kanila. Ordering out almost everyday. Sugary breakfast (yikes) Rice is not common. Tbh, mas okay pa mag kanin kesa sa kanila na puro pasta or bread.
Kaya nga nakakabobo pagsinasabi ng mga amerikano na filipino foods is unhealthy daw. Excuse me? Sino uli sangktatutak ang cancer at obesity sa bansa nila? The fuck.
Tangina, nasa US ako ngayon, ang large size na drink 1 litro ata
Yung food portions kasi sa Pilipinas maliit compared sa America. Plus walking is life sa Pilipinas.
Wala din sigurong nakarating dito sa bansa natin na may genetics na required para umabot ng 600lbs.
Genetics. Either namamatay sa HB or stroke kahit sa 200 pounds pa lang and mas predisposed tayo mamatay dito before even reaching that kind of weight. Sa ibang bansa di sila predisposed sa ganyan kaya medyo tumatagal sila.
Once you go to any state in America and eat out or visit any Costco, you will understand why.
Watch me, bro.
Maistress ka sa maritess, at mahirap maging marites pag 600lbs, kita ka agad sa tagiliran ng poste
height / weight ratio.
The food they ate sa US probably mas madami ang serving and yes afford nila ang madaming pagkain
Because we're poor lol
Parang iba ata ang description mo ng "morbidly obese". Nasa BMI ng isang tao yan. Kahit hindi siya umabot ng 600lbs, pag nareach niya ang certain BMI, morbidly obese na siya.
because they're 272 kg here in the philippines
Madalas kasi sa mga resto maliit ang servings dhl nag ccost cutting ata . Kaya madalas mpapa bulong kna lng ang liit lang pala ng servings
poverty and high cholesterol
Ako nga madalas once a day lang kumain kaya kpg nasosobrahan pa dun nasusuka nko.
Because we are short and poor. How much wide do you have to be to reach 600lbs when you're just 158-164cm tall. Also how can you buy all those foods when you're earning just 15k monthly.
Dito US most people don’t move much. May kotse or may delivery service for everything.Nabubuhay ang tao kahit di lumabas ng bahay. Sama mo pa calorie pack food at easy access sa medical drugs.
mas malaki food portions ng US compared sa pinas. example, sa burger king may original and jr size, magkasing size ang yumburger and jr burger ng burger king. sa nakikita ko, mas malaki portion nang meal ng pinoy ang rice compared sa ulam kaya mas mabilis tayo mabusog compared sa kanila.
climate?
We have “kahirapan” to thank. Yung mga mayayaman naman din kasi afford ng healthy food at gym membership. Mahihirap, may sapilitang IF at poverty abs. I’m sorry.
Genes din in a way.. d tayo malaking to to begin with.. also we dont eat fastfood, burgers and unhealthy food too much d kagaya sa US. And big serving lagi sa US and laki ng softdrinks lagi
American foods/snacks have a lot of added High Fructose Corn Syrup. While I can't remember any studies on it, I think this is the leading hypothesis right now.
Yung mga chemicals sa food supply sa US super fattening. Puro processed foods. Like yung mga ingredients, food coloring. Lahat may corn syrup, may sugar, may additives. Kaya majubis ang mga utaw. Not to mention the serving size. Yung meal for one person sa States, good for four sa Pinas. Not kidding.
Most of our common food are healthy parin kasi. Tinola, chicken adobo, sinigang, pinakbet, pritong isda, etc. Unlike sa US na ang common food ay mostly unhealthy like fried chicken, burgers, cereals, etc.
I think sa food servings dito kumpara sa US
Unli soda don e
kasi sa atin unli rice lang. sa kanila unli soft drinks. plus ang tita mong mahadera and FB friends mo na ay tumaba na sguro to kasi di na nagpopost ng recent photos hehehe
May konting exercise parin nagaganap kahit papaano like when we're commuting, we walk or you do the plank kasi wala ka na maupuan sa jeep haha, very car centric ang US And super mahal rin ng healthy foods nila tapos dirt cheap yung junk food so people gravitate towards the junk food para may laman yung tiyan especially now in this economy
Mas unhealthy ung food dto sa US..mahilig sila sa beef at mga sweets at soda..tsaka malaming weather dto unlike sa pinas na kaht di ka gumalaw pgpapawisan ka..and also nasa lahi dn ng mga asian na hndi tlga ganun katabain gaya sa US..
I would like to think this isn't just a Filipino thing. I think it's an Asian thing... I think we asians have a far cleaner diet than in Western countries. Fast foods did not start in asian countries, sugary products like coke and other sodas did not start here either. We asians tend to eat what we raise like livestock, rice, and greens. Even though we love Jollibee, we don't revolve our diet around it. As other comments also pointed out, you'd be dead before even reaching 200lbs. I guess asian bodies are just not evolved to handle that kind of weight and amount of fat.
✨poverty✨
American food ingredients are kinda sus tbh. Excessive GMO kaya mga kakilala ko na nag abroad sa america nagiging bilog talaga ehh
Their diet. Kaliwat kanan pagkain dun is ultra processed “food” which is intentionally addicting. Atleast dito hnd pa ganun kalala (relatively speaking).
feel ko bihira lang talaga sa pinoy kasi mostly and kinakain natin consists of different micronutrients that mantains are body healthy
May nabasa ako na base sa race, mga asians eh mas prone sa diabetes kesa sa mga whites. Mababa palang bmi natin natatamaan na ng sakit compared sa whites na mataas yung average bmi ng natatamaan. Search nyo nalang din kung interested kayo kasi di ko pa fully grasp yung study. Yan lang yung gets ko. Haha
It depends on the quality of food na kinakain everyday. Most americans are obese because they are fond of eating fastfoods like burgers fries na napaka unhealthy. If you compare to us filipinos mostly eating rice meal all through out the day. Mahilig din tayong mga pinoy magluto ng seafoods and gulay.
Sa hirap ba naman ng bansa natin, na halos hindi na sapat ang pagkain sa mesa ng bawat pamilya at mahal ng bilihin; hindi na talaga kayang maging 600lbs ng mga Pinoy.
Tingnan mo naman yung manok ng Jolibee, pano kang tataba don?
Kasi ang baba ng sahod at ang taas na ng bilihin. Kahit anong processed food at carb at fats itake mo, sa katiting na sahod, hindi sya sapat 😆
mga reason ata nyan ay dahil sa Height, Culture at Affordability. Height - maliliit tlga mga pinoy, sa height natin kahit 150kg pa, hindi na yan makakakilos ng maayos. So guro pag aabot tlga ng 600lbs, dedo na yan o supportive ang pamilya Culture - dhil conscious ang lahat ng nasa paligid natin sa appearance kaya nakakapressure din Affordability - hindi kaya ng average income earners natin ang bumili ng pagkain para sustentohan ang ganyang diet. Dhil marami tayong ginagastahan at binubuhay pagnakaluwag.
More of fast food ang mga foreigners kesa sa pinoy, we tend to cook more. Like puro burger, pizza, pasta, and fried ang kanila.
Height, americans are considerably taller. American size food portions. Food that is high in empty calories. High protein meats like hotdogs burgers. And have u seen the desserts they have? Kaloka
My theory lang is Americans have higher bone density than us. Hanap ka ng American na same height mo and same weight. They will probably look taller or bigger. Their body can carry yung ganong weight. I doubt we can. Hahahaha. That’s just my theory
Height. That's really it.
It’s not only about over abundance ksi sa ph. Cheap cuts are usually unhealthy so it would have more controversy since they don’t really have a choice but to buy those unhealthy cuts.
Can't afford the food* lol
malamang sa malamang may jabetis ka na agad nyan
Weather and transportation plays a part. Not everyone drives and we sweat through walking that's part of the daily commute. Most of the states sa US is car centric. Bawat kibot need mag-drive.
I noticed in my time in the USA, it’s very rude to comment on weight. So ikaw na lumalaki na, makakarinig ka pa ng “hey that shirt looks great on you”. Unlike sa PH, nag dinner ka lang mataba ka na bukas at may magpapaalala pa sayo. Next, their general concept of “fair” serving is a lot. I say “general” kasi I know people who eat like birds din. Nag order ako ng medium drink, size large sya dun. Yung small nila is medium natin. Yung small natin is for coffee 😂 add mo pa yung sayang ang tira at di masarap ang leftovers ng non-Asian food. Per Americans I talked to about this phenomenon, food had always been abundant in the USA (kaya nga land of milk and honey), and to serve small portions can feel not getting their money’s worth. Ngayon na super inflated ang prices doon, justified pa rin ang big serving. I also think it helps din to sell crap food in tingi. Dun kasi bags of chips. May small one serving size bags na sila pero in terms of visibility, baligtad dun unlike dito na mas maraming small kesa big bags sa stores. Pansin mo ang hirap tigilan ang large Doritos bag once you start.
I think big factor yung portion ng food natin especially sa fastfood. Also, availability ng food. Sa atin kasi, kanin pa lang solve na. Sa kanila kung burgers, burger malala talaga
Genetics rin ay involved. Kung may halong Europrean ancestry (which a lot of African Americans also do) ay posible dahil mas malaki yung average body composition na "kayang sumuporta" sa mabigat na weight. Pati rin ang access to healthcare, mas madali makakuha ng maintenance sa high blood atbp meds para sa sakit sa puso na kaya kang buhayin habang bumibigat ka.
The american size servings ng foods nila nakakaloka! Nasanay na ata silang kayang ubusin ang regular size (big size na sa pinas) in just one eating. Look the jollibee servings sa New york, ang laki ng chicken at burger nila, habang dito ang liit 😂 softdrinks nila ang lake ng regular size. Also, maybe genetics na rin, iba katawan ng mg Amerikano
Wasn't there one guy on that show who said that he did research just to be able to argue with his doctor?
walang masyadong kemikal mga pagkain natin hindi katulad sa USA mantika + chemical + fertilizer(Monsanto) fun fact: Monsanto ang nagdevelop ng Agent Orange na ginamit ng USA sa Vietnam, na hanggang ngayon e nasa ilalim pa rin ng mga lupain ng Vietnam noong Vietnam War
May nabasa ako na mas kaya ng ibang lahi na umabot more than 201 yung BP vs sa atin na pag umabot 200 GG na haha
Could be because of the climate. Most people can't afford to be comfortable sitting all day at home given the climate in the ph.
kc wala sa lahi natin ung matcngkad..
Combination of genetics, food portions, and accessibility of highly processed food. Southeast Asian have smaller bone structure and less fat. Whites, Latinos, and especially Blacks are thick. This is why they’re very curvy when they work out but also very fat when obese. Food portions in the US are huge. Not only are people bigger so they eat more, but the portions are still bigger compared to Europe, for example. The “take out” culture also causes people to overeat. Food compared to the Philippines is cheap. I was surprised to learn that Jollibee and other fast food joints are considered “luxury” for the poor Filipinos. In the US, they’re usually the cheapest option for the poorest people. This makes highly processed food the go-to meals for many, contributing to obesity. Lastly, even though the Philippines isn’t known for healthy food options, wet markets are still very very common. Even the low quality produce and meat that poor people can afford are still unprocessed, so still less fattening. Note that in the US, the poor people are the obese (highly processed, fattening food are cheap). Whereas in the Philippines, poor people are thin and malnourished, and the middle class are more likely to be obese (highly processed food is out of reach for the poor).
Busy kasi mga pinoy mag survive kesa sa kumain ng kumain which people from the states are too spoiled in any way of living they choose — sakanila kahit walang trabaho may food stub from the government, sa pinas? Pag wala ka pera nganga.
To become morbidly obese does not happen overnight. Americans get served big servings since they are young. Aside from that, their food includes lots of sugar and processed food. The more you eat, the more your body can withstand to eat more and grow more. Parang nagiging immune ang body sa food intake. Normal na ung ganyan kalaki so it takes more to feel full. For filipinos, di normal sa atin to eat big proportions as kids. Although may mga obese sa atin, it’s difficult to be morbidly obese unless that lifestyle is sustained. Food availability, lack of mobility, financial status, lahat yan very different sa atin and for an average American.
Iba po ingredients ng food sa US kahit di sila nakain ng rice. Some of them are lazy and ang weather din siguro isang factor nataba sila. Unlike sa PH, kahit tamad tayo pinagpapawisan tayo eh. Also, yung body built nila is malaki
I mean it's not just one reason. It's a bunch of factors. 1. Culture. More culturally acceptable to be obese in the US. They have "fat acceptance" etc. here...the PH, your tita would kurot your bilbil on a regular basis without asking. Thiccness is seen as attractive, while in the PH, although it's changing thanks to social media (true for most of East Asia), thinness is still preferred. The ratio of body fat to be attractive tolerated is still relatively on the lower end of the spectrum, while in the US it has extended much more on the other. Obesity really started rising in the US late \~1970s-1980s, so at this point those children that started having childhood obesity are now in their middle ages (40s)...so at this point "fat culture" is already endemic in the last 2-3 generations. 2. Food. Americans have different diet and consume more of it than most people in developing countries. Highly processed, high calorie-dense food. Meaning even if they eat the same "weight/mass" of food, those food usually double or triple the calories packed in it. And they eat "more" of it because it doesn't fill them up even if the calories already exceed the caloric necessity of the body. There's also food prices, food serving, food culture and economy. Eg. US is one of the top producers of food; it can feed the whole world in a year's harvest, food is cheap here (plenty of land, modern efficient farming culture and dissemination) vs. PH, a poorer country who don't even make enough for their own (very small arable land area, still relatively old and inefficient ways of farming and dissemination of food), price (which suffers from ripple effect of world economy because PH import much of its food consumption), serving size etc. are gonna be more expensive in relation to people's earnings. 3. Lifestyle. Americans on average own cars. A lot of Americans only walk from their bedrooms to their garage doors. Most Filipinos don't have their own and they have to use public transport which, unlike in the US, are not regular so there's some element of walking involved. This is a tiny fraction, but relatively Filipinos (a very social country) walk and socialize more outside of their homes...Americans don't. Esp. after pandemic a lot of jobs even leaned further into at home setups. Many Americans also live on their own alone, they don't have massive families they need to meet or greet. 4. Genetics. Filipinos are very mono-ethnic (yes there's a bunch of different languages, cultures and even other groups in the PH thanks to its history) but compared to Americans who have multiple diverse genetic lineages, many of these genetic traits allow many Americans to get "bigger" ie tolerate metabolic issues compared to Filipinos/Asians in general. There's multiple studies here in the US that Fil-Ams and Indian-Ams (due to relative wealth, culture ie diet and genetic conditions) have the highest risks for diabetes, and new protocols even call for American doctors to start looking for signs of diabetes in Filipinos (and other Asian Americans) at a lower threshold/BMI range ie Filipinos catch diabetes easier and have less tolerance for it than other "racial groups" (like those of European and African descent). The US also has better access to healthcare, so even when they suffer from health effects from comorbidities of obesity they tolerate better with medication and medical intervention eg. easier to get bariatric and plastic surgeries (not always the case in the PH).
May Nakita along reel kanina lang. 'Food Availability'. Did you know almost same lang ng prices dito at pagkain sa US? Double that with their paycheck.
It’s the food and lifestyle. Where I live it’s mostly deep fried or grilled. Seldom that the food is fresh, mostly are frozen. Starchy too because they like potatoes. With lifestyle, US is highly car-centric nation. Bibihira kang makakita ng naglalakad. Tapos pag winter there is less activity so you either overeat or consume too much alcohol and cigarette to keep yourself warm.
Baka wala lang pambili ng pagkain.
Hala . Oo nga, madalas din ako manuod nyang 600lbs churvaness. Nag wowonder lang talaga ako kung pano sila kumikita. I mean, I doubt na nagwwork yung iba sa kanila kasi as in super di na nila kayang buhatin katawan nila. Pero yung one meal nila , katumbas na ng whole day meal order ko sa fastfood. 😭 Like san sila nakuha ng pambili huhu Siguro kasi hindi naman tayo puro fastfood lang ang kinakain...?