EATING IN JAPAN

Japan’s Spinning Food Top

More intuitive and informative than the USDA Food Pyramid

Edward Thomas
JAPUNDIT
Published in
3 min readApr 25, 2024

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Though many people may think that Japanese people never get fat and everyone over here easily maintains their weight by eating a healthy plant-based, low-meat diet, neither of these notions is entirely true.

Five pre-modern Japanese women in kimono and old-fashion hairstyles eating lunch together.
SOURCE: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Edward Thomas
JAPUNDIT

Chicago | Japan since 1969 | Japanese>English translator, editor | Teaches English at Japanese University. | Buy me a ko-fi @ ko-fi.com/edwardthomas