I think the intent of the article is to express that the obesity epidemic should be treated like a problem of culture and society and not an individual.
Eastern societies have different ways of dealing with things than Western, and that’s ok. A person should not feel humiliated, but that’s a relative feeling by culture - the law seems to be working for them.
I am obese myself - whenever I visit Asia (China, Japan, Vietnam, India etc.), the difference in diet and daily walking lingers on for a bit back here in the US but I regress to the ‘cultural mean’ here very soon. At least I know I can change my habits when the right support system is around me.
Eastern societies have different ways of dealing with things than Western, and that’s ok. A person should not feel humiliated, but that’s a relative feeling by culture - the law seems to be working for them.
I am obese myself - whenever I visit Asia (China, Japan, Vietnam, India etc.), the difference in diet and daily walking lingers on for a bit back here in the US but I regress to the ‘cultural mean’ here very soon. At least I know I can change my habits when the right support system is around me.