Calories in the Traditional Thai Diet

[RandomSand]

Would there be any published data to show how many calories are usually consumed by Thai, or even Asian, citizens per day ?

Perhaps someone could hazard a guess based upon observation.

Thanks.

[inbangkok]

As with many countries, it has been steadily going up over the past few years. Obesity in BKK is rising at a disturbing rate. The government just released data that 20 percent of Bangkok kids are fat.

Therefore, it is pretty safe to assume that a good portion of Thais are probably consuming far more than 2,000 calories a day.