According to Japanese law, I'm overweight.
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randomnessBy now you may have heard of the Japanese law that requires companies and local governments to measure the waistlines of Japanese between the ages of 40 and 74. If you haven't, read http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/06/metabo-your-figure-or-your-job.html.
The limits are 33.5 inches for men, 35.4 inches for women.
To give you an idea of how strict that is...*I* barely miss the limit. (Well, if I suck in my stomach, I can pass, but I don't know if that'd be allowed.)
Those of you who have seen me lately can vouch for the fact that I'm not exactly overweight. Nor am I very large. You can gauge from my body shape what their standards require.
Glad I'm not Japanese. They'd be sending me out for mandatory counseling and monitoring.
The limits are 33.5 inches for men, 35.4 inches for women.
To give you an idea of how strict that is...*I* barely miss the limit. (Well, if I suck in my stomach, I can pass, but I don't know if that'd be allowed.)
Those of you who have seen me lately can vouch for the fact that I'm not exactly overweight. Nor am I very large. You can gauge from my body shape what their standards require.
Glad I'm not Japanese. They'd be sending me out for mandatory counseling and monitoring.
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Date: 2008-07-03 09:16 pm (UTC)If they're going to devote resources to health/fitness of employees, I think there are much better (non-fat-phobic) ways to do it. They could subsidize gym memberships or give people time during the day to go to the gym. They could sponsor employee sports leagues, sleep hygiene clinics, or mental health awareness events.
As someone on the internet the other day said (I don't remember where, alas!), "Good health starts with loving your body."