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Why Japanese Women Don't Get Fat

Why don't Japanese people (in Japan) get fat? Maki gives a few reasons: peer pressure, more unplanned movement, and smaller portions. Also, as a Japanese expat living in Switzerland, she comments on the extra weight Japanese people gain when they leave Japan, known as the kaigai seikatsu, or "overseas living," 15.

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