I got to give it to Japan, out of all the countries I have visited they are the most healthiest I have seen.
The closest I came to fat when I was there, was a girl who would be a size 12 back in the UK. The average dress size for females in the UK is size 16, that wasn’t the case back in the 90’s. Bet they will increase the average to 18 in a few years.
Sweden, Switzerland, Iceland, Serbia and Hungary are a few other countries, if I became a personal trainer , I would struggle to find clients as most people are healthy and slim there. Puts the UK and the US to shame.
Went to Japan last year and I agree. They are so healthy. Never saw a single fat Japanese person while I was there. I felt kinda normal there as I'm quite a slim build. Back home everyone makes snarky comments to me about being "thin as a rake" and all that. But I work out and have muscle tone but you can't really tell under clothes. I'm just slim build but here I feel like here the average is much bigger so I get accused of being "too thin".
However, I work in a cancer department in a hospital, and I will say we get an almost equal amount of skinny people as obese people.