Unpacking Japan | Fitness researcher breaks down Japanese beauty standards @unpackingjapan | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Meet Toshi, a Japanese-American medical and fitness researcher, who sits down to talk with us about beauty standards in Japan vs the US.

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⏰Timestamps⏰

0:00 Intro
0:32 Meet Toshi
4:15 Why Toshi came to Japan
6:01 Toshi's background as a researcher
11:33 Japan's health standards
16:21 Health consequences of beauty standards
19:58 Role of Japanese genetics
23:06 Japanese exercise trends
27:51 How to start exercising
34:24 Discussing fitness trends on social media
43:45 Media portrayals of fitness
47:04 Eating disorders in Japan
50:32 Malnutrition in Japanese athletes
55:46 How to correct nutrition misinformation
1:01:47 Japan and the U.S. are opposites

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