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-Sweatin’ it in the East- By (CB) 2

Chinese Fitness. -Sweatin’ it in the East- By (CB) 2. By Mike Feldman & Brandon Boldt . What’s on the Menu. Diet Exercise Routine Physical Labor. Diet. Many Vegetables and Legumes (even during breakfast) Significantly less dairy and beef

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-Sweatin’ it in the East- By (CB) 2

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  1. Chinese Fitness -Sweatin’ it in the East- By (CB)2

  2. By Mike Feldman & Brandon Boldt

  3. What’s on the Menu • Diet • Exercise • Routine Physical Labor

  4. Diet • Many Vegetables and Legumes (even during breakfast) • Significantly less dairy and beef • Not as many sweets (most candy comes from America) • Well-rounded diet including animals and rice

  5. Diet Cont. • Food is minced into small portions before serving • Smaller plates make for smaller servings • “Saucy Susan” is utilized, presenting the eater with a broad spectrum of food groups including animals and rice • Chopsticks more tedious to use than fork --> less food therefore consumed

  6. Diet Cont… • Food cooked in Soy oils rather than animal oils or rice oils • Very few midday/between meal snacks

  7. Exercise • Healthy physical conditioning considered important • Government Ministry of Health and State Physical Culture Administration stresses the importance of exercise • Provincial government and committees encourage exercise and use of town squares to work out • Companies stress mandatory exercise for employees

  8. Exercise Cont. • Fitness is stressed in schools and physical activities such as martial arts and basketball are taught • Schools specializing in Martial Arts (Shaolin School) and gymnastics exist

  9. Exercise Cont… • Each city contains a square or location where routine morning and evening exercises exist • Exercises in the square include but are not limited to…

  10. … • FAN DANCING! • TAI CHI! • BASKETBALL! • BALLROOM DANCING!

  11. Exercise Cont…. • While exercising Chinese maintain customs, such as fan dancing and Tai Chi • In America Chinese exercises like Tai Chi have grown in popularity • Chinese work ethic • Practicality of working out

  12. Daily Routine • Manual labor in nearly all sectors of work • Production in factories done by hand • Bicycles used to commute

  13. Daily Routine Cont. • Chopsticks burn more calories per meal than calories burned per meal by a fork

  14. Obesity • Not all Chinese are skinny • As of 2002 about 18% of China suffer from obesity • Heart problems now plague China • Obesity especially prominent in children

  15. Obesity Cont. • Cause of Obesity is likely Westernization of the Chinese diet • Dairy, beef, and especially sweets are consumed like never before

  16. Obesity Cont. • Chinese Ministry of Health and Public Health Service Committees are attacking obesity as it is a real threat • Free medical evaluations • Declare 2001 a “health year” • Fat farms

  17. Miscellaneous Factors • For an American or a foreigner, Dysentery will hit causing dehydration, loss of appetite, and weight loss • The Chinese believe that “milk is for babies”Yin, which is why Chinese people have leaner muscles and are not as large as other cultures

  18. Miscellaneous Factors Cont. • (Yin is large because he loves Cheese) • Chopsticks, although fun to use, are more difficult than forks, allowing for increased calories burned per meal, and less food administered per capita

  19. Happy Trails!

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