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It's a nation where just 4pc are very overweight thanks to compulsory weigh-ins at work - and apps that shout insults at fat people... How a trip to Japan shocked this group of obese Brits into losing weight
A bustling market in Tokyo and locals are minding their own business, browsing stalls or rushing to work - until a group of obese visitors stroll past and stop them in their tracks.
Soy — usually in the form of tofu, edamame or natto, which is traditionally eaten for breakfast — also provides protein, while the Japanese eschew sugary lattes for green tea, which Southern says is packed with ‘stress-reducing plant compounds and high levels of antioxidants linked to improved brain health’. ‘It’s super normal for [people] to just grab you and say: “What’s going on here, buddy, you’ve picked up a few pounds,” ’ explains Mr Eats, who introduces the visitors to an employee who failed his health test and was ordered to walk 10,000 steps a day until he was slim again. Japan has another weapon in its fitness armoury in the form of dai-ichi —an exercise routine that takes just three minutes, requires no equipment, and is broadcast to a backdrop of piano music several times a day on a Japanese public radio station.
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