How do Thais stay slim?

[FruitPudding]

How are there so many slim, petite, slender Thais?

 

Especially compared to westerners. I don't get it.

 

-They don't fear carbs.

 

-They don't avoid sugar.

 

-Most of their food is stir fried in bad oil.

 

- They don't do keto or any other fad diet.

 

They don't prioritize whole grains or greens.

 

- I don't think they count calories or out any effort into staying slim

 

-They don't have a fitness/exercise culture.

 

How do they do it? It is just good genes?

 

They pretty much live off lots of white rice, sugar, and oil with some meat and fruit, while never exercising.

 

Any insights?

 

 

 

[bob smith]

13 minutes ago, FruitPudding said:

How are there so many slim, petite, slender Thais?

 

Especially compared to westerners. I don't get it.

 

-They don't fear carbs.

 

-They don't avoid sugar.

 

-Most of their food is stir fried in bad oil.

 

- They don't do keto or any other fad diet.

 

They don't prioritize whole grains or greens.

 

- I don't think they count calories or out any effort into staying slim

 

-They don't have a fitness/exercise culture.

 

How do they do it? It is just good genes?

 

They pretty much live off lots of white rice, sugar, and oil with some meat and fruit, while never exercising.

 

Any insights?

 

 

 

thais are getting fatter by the day.

 

the obesity crisis is well and truly in full swing here.

 

however I tend to agree with a lot of what you have said.

I know a lot of thais who drink beer daily, eat like pigs and are stick thin.

 

go figure.

[gargamon]

They don't. When I started coming here 25 years ago they were all slim. Now not so much. 25 years from now they will be the same as westerners. Blame KFC, McDonald's, etc. 

[ezzra]

Mostly it has to do with their genes, also they're not into heavy carbs, such bread potatoes and pastas sweets and other kinds of sugar intake like non Thai, the also don't eat as often as us and when they do it's smaller portions, also they move a lot owing to their life style.

[Dmaxdan]

Are you referring to the younger age groups?

 

Because when I was in my teens, twenty's and most of my thirty's I could have eaten everything you mention by the bucket load and never put on an ounce of weight.

They probably have naturally very fast metabolisms.

[Ralf001]

6 minutes ago, bob smith said:

thais are getting fatter by the day.

 

 

Indeed they are.

Screening Thaifriendly on a weekly basis for potential victims I notice 60kg is now the new 50kg.

[Henryford]

Look at Thai meals, usually very small portions. Also no puddings, no cakes, no sweets and (until recently) no fast food.

[oxo1947]

They eat badly --but--they eat  little.

I Remember taking a Thai girl to a Sunday roast --her asking , "do we eat all this today"  -Yes and Pudding after.

 

 

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[HappyExpat57]

My old TGF mentioned Thai's don't eat so much "cream" meaning dairy.

[LivinLOS]

27 minutes ago, FruitPudding said:

- I don't think they count calories or out any effort into staying slim

My wife eats 2 - 3 times the volume of food I eat.. Day and night, wake up for a mama noodles late evening just before bed, instant food the second she wakes up, 5 plus 'meals' a day.. A bowl of noodles every trip out of the house, a couple of dishes grabbed as a snack between meals..  Yet shes 45kg and fits the same jeans she did 20 years ago in her 20s (she just found a pair recently, not an exaggeration). 

 

She is active and hard working for house work and garden etc, shes 'busy' but the sheer volume of poor quality food she consumes is truly crazy. Shes eating now as I type this !! 

 

I often think it may be to do with chilli and metabolism. 

[LivinLOS]

9 minutes ago, Henryford said:

Look at Thai meals, usually very small portions. Also no puddings, no cakes, no sweets and (until recently) no fast food.

hmm.. I eat Thai potions.. possibly 2 times a day.. Compared to her 5 plus, a portion every 2 hours or so all through the day.. 

[LivinLOS]

16 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Mostly it has to do with their genes, also they're not into heavy carbs, such bread potatoes and pastas sweets and other kinds of sugar intake like non Thai, the also don't eat as often as us and when they do it's smaller portions, also they move a lot owing to their life style.

They spoon sugar onto and into everything.. Sure its not 'dessert' but 2 heaped tablespoons on top of the phad see eow, balanced out with vinegar and fish sauce, is still 'in' the dish.. 

[bob smith]

23 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Screening Thaifriendly

' I want money ' ???? 

[SuperSaiyan]

14 minutes ago, LivinLOS said:

My wife eats 2 - 3 times the volume of food I eat

 

No, she does not.

[Shop mak]

Do Thais stay slim???

Really?

Too many topics here where many members moaning about how ladies here have gained weight (compared to the 80's and 90's)

 

Sorry to OP, you got this totally wrong.

 

Edit: also Thai Press has written about the obesity problem, multiple times.

 

 

Edited September 4, 2023 by Shop mak

[stoner]

39 minutes ago, bob smith said:

thais are getting fatter by the day.

 

the obesity crisis is well and truly in full swing here.

i would love some of what the op is smoking. the average weight of a thai female is now a staggering 63 kilo.

 

slim indeed. 

[Shop mak]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_Thailand

 

 

Obesity in Thailand has been flagged as a major source of health concern,^[1] with 32% of the population identifying as overweight and 9% obese.^[2] With reference to 2016 data from the World Health Organization (WHO), Thailand has one of the highest incidence of overweight citizens in the South East Asian region, second to only Malaysia.^[2] The Thai National Health Examination Surveys (NHES) found that obesity in Thailand more than doubled during the period 1991-2014.^[3] This spike in obesity levels has been largely attributed to increased access to junk food,^[4] and unhealthy switches from active to sedentary lifestyles.^[5] These factors are closely linked to economic growth in the country.^[5]

Edited September 4, 2023 by metisdead
Screenshot with oversized font removed.

[G Rex]

I think it depends where you are in Thailand.

In the tourist areas there are a lot of slim, healthy looking people.

Where I live in rural Kanchanaburi, there is a very large percentage of the under 40 group who are obese, or even morbidly obese.

Young children of obese parents are invariably overweight as well.

IMO the issue is cheap fatty & fried foods, and sweet 'milky' drinks and soft drinks.

[bob smith]

9 minutes ago, stoner said:

i would love some of what the op is smoking. the average weight of a thai female is now a staggering 63 kilo.

 

slim indeed. 

soon to be 73 in a few years. then  83

 

then, well, you get the picture.

Edited September 4, 2023 by bob smith

[bob smith]

mrs. smith is a right plumper these days.

 

she wasn't when I met her though...

Edited September 4, 2023 by bob smith

[thaibeachlovers]

32 minutes ago, LivinLOS said:

They spoon sugar onto and into everything.. Sure its not 'dessert' but 2 heaped tablespoons on top of the phad see eow, balanced out with vinegar and fish sauce, is still 'in' the dish.. 

That's a generalisation as none of the Thai girls I fed did that.

 

If they stay slim ( lots don't ) it's because they ain't gluttons and they are more active than western equivalent.

[bob smith]

23 minutes ago, SuperSaiyan said:

 

No, she does not.

how would you know?

 

are you that fly on the wall in his house?

[bunnydrops]

The motor bike did its part. Unless they are at the mall, they do not do much walking anymore.

[thaibeachlovers]

7 minutes ago, G Rex said:

I think it depends where you are in Thailand.

In the tourist areas there are a lot of slim, healthy looking people.

Where I live in rural Kanchanaburi, there is a very large percentage of the under 40 group who are obese, or even morbidly obese.

Young children of obese parents are invariably overweight as well.

IMO the issue is cheap fatty & fried foods, and sweet 'milky' drinks and soft drinks.

Problem for the young generation is snacking after school, when they head to 7 11 or the food cart for unhealthy food.

Their mothers probably didn't have the money to do so or had to work after school.

Lots also ride m'bikes to school instead of walking.

[FruitPudding]

52 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Mostly it has to do with their genes, also they're not into heavy carbs, such bread potatoes and pastas sweets and other kinds of sugar intake like non Thai, the also don't eat as often as us and when they do it's smaller portions, also they move a lot owing to their life style.

I don't get how bread and potatoes are worse than white rice?

 

Thais very much have a sweet tooth. Have you ever tried one of their coffees or teas?

 

Okay, I agree with you on smaller portions probably.

 

Unless, they work in a field or construct site, they definitely do not move more.

 

Where I come people actually walk as a mode of transportation. Thais just hop on a motorcycle 

[ChipButty]

go down my local 7/11 early morning and see the kids buying the junk, like a load of little puddings on their way to school, 

[bunnydrops]

3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

That's a generalisation as none of the Thai girls I fed did that.

 

If they stay slim ( lots don't ) it's because they ain't gluttons and they are more active than western equivalent.

I think he meant back in the kitchen. They add sugar to offset the salty fish sauce

[FruitPudding]

21 minutes ago, stoner said:

i would love some of what the op is smoking. the average weight of a thai female is now a staggering 63 kilo.

 

slim indeed. 

Come on!

 

On my way to work this morning, I lost count of how many women I saw with 28 inch waists (and a sugary drink in hand) and I didn't see very many men with big guts either. A lot of slender chaps my age.

 

Compare it to the West.

[bob smith]

4 minutes ago, bunnydrops said:

The motor bike did its part. Unless they are at the mall, they do not do much walking anymore.

just the other day I was out walking. I did about 20km in an afternoon.

 

Went for a massage after it and the woman asked why am I so sweaty? I said I have been out walking for the last 4 hours. She said 'Thai people dont like to walk'.

 

So yeah, it would seem that walking is something thais do not partake in with any degree of vigor.

[FruitPudding]

3 minutes ago, bob smith said:

So yeah, it would seem that walking is something thais do not partake in with any degree of vigor

Come to think of it, I haven't seen a Thai do anything with vigor.