關於 list of countries by population ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

[Pastry news / 甜點新聞] #捲筒衛生紙蛋糕 / Cake shaped like a roll of toilet paper (English below)

哭也是一天、笑也是一天，你決定怎麼過？

歐洲疫情方興未艾，義大利、西班牙、法國、德國都是重災區，而且因為全國封鎖令與社交距離限制，餐飲業都受到嚴重的打擊。人們蜂擁至大賣場、或使用線上購物取得必需品，小型商家則苦苦支撐，甚至面臨倒閉的威脅。除此之外，許多國家也因為害怕物資短缺，出現了「#衛生紙之亂」，人們瘋搶衛生紙，導致大幅缺貨或價格瘋狂上漲。例如在德國，衛生紙的銷售量在二到三月狂漲了700%。

在德國多特蒙的一家麵包甜點店，主廚Tim Korteum在聽到客人抱怨買不到衛生紙之後，靈機一動創作了這個「捲筒衛生紙蛋糕」。原本因為疫情影響一落千丈的生意，突然有了起色，現在每天生產兩百卷蛋糕還無法回應所有的需求。他說：「客人們全都瘋狂了！」、「#這個作品在這艱難的時刻給人帶來歡笑」。

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🔖 同場加映：德國「衛生紙之亂」之歌：https://tinyurl.com/tuszrsu

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When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

While the pandemic is sweeping through Europe, people in many countries are on coronavirus lockdown. The fear or shortage has pushed people to stock food and necessities, which in turn results in real shortage. Toilet papers are on top of the list. Their sales has augmented by 700% during February and March. The outbreak is also devastating to food industry. Supermarkets, hypermarkets, or chains that provide online shopping and delivery services might be benefited, but small businesses suffer and they face immediate threat of shutdown.

Time Korteum, a baker in Dortmund, Germany, is of no exception. His bakery was hugely hit during the past months. His idea of creating a toilet paper cake after listening to the complaint of customers about the shortage of toilet papers in the market, has saved his business though. The marble cake covered by the while glaçage has been sold so well (around 200 pieces a day) that he could hardly satisfy all the demands. He mentioned that "customers are crazy (for this cake" and that "this helps spread joy and happiness during the time of crisis."

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🔖 The Klopapieralarm song reflecting on the shortage of toilet papers in Germany: https://tinyurl.com/tuszrsu

#yingspastryguide #coronavirus #pastry #pâtisserie #yingc

【全球10億人口居家隔離，似乎第三次世界大戰開打，疫情危機下，全球職場看似冷颼颼～最難求職季ing？是最大危機？還是高薪轉機，你如何突破重圍？6大秘訣全分享】

如果，在2019年中旬的時候和你說 –

全球旅遊產業將進入寒冬；
所有航空公司面臨前所未有的資金鏈斷裂危機；
美股熔斷N次+ N國降息；
幾十個國家同時鎖國；
全球學生總數一半8.6億學生停課…
而且以上同時發生，

你會相信嗎？

我想大多數的人都不會，但是，這是我們現在都共同面對的每天新日常。不管你身在何處，新型冠狀病毒蔓延全球，每一個人的生活和工作都在遭受巨大的變化。

中國大陸累計超過8萬人確診，死亡人數超過3千；義大利逼近6萬人確診，死亡人數破5千，美國和整個歐洲成了重災區，全球有10億人居家隔離。

在疫情爆發之前，對於第三次世界大戰有很多預測，台海危機也曾經被當成是導火線的可能性之一，但是大家都沒有想到，這次的疫情在全球擴散，我們的敵人不是不同國家的人，而是看不見的病毒，有很多人用第三次世界大戰來形容這次的病毒危機 -- 147國淪陷、確診超過32萬、死亡破1.3萬、40多國封閉邊境，全球進入大鎖國時代，此次抗疫戰爭不知何時落幕，而最讓人擔憂的是，可能，最糟糕的情況還沒來。

#疫情變職場危機
最近好幾個粉絲和我分享，他們目前遇到沒有預期的職場危機。有一個在南韓濟州島工作的女生，因為一個有發展前景以及晉升的工作機會，雖然薪水沒有很大的漲幅，但是她決定回到台灣發展，但沒想到，回來不到半年，就被資遣了。目前她面臨失業、心情調整、再度準備找工作、台灣薪資平均達不到預期、疫情影響職場…等綜合問題，形勢嚴峻，讓她非常灰心。

#疫情變失業潮
因為疫情，全球的經濟動蕩不安，也因為疫情，可能會掀起多國失業潮。根據聯合國國際勞工組織的預估，疫情可能會造成全球大約530萬至2470萬人失去工作（此數據是按照2019年底全球1.88億失業人數作為基數去推算的）。失業人口的增加，同時也代表勞工人口的收入大幅減少。據報告推測，全球民眾的收入會在2020年底前蒸發大約8600億至3.4萬億美元，這同也會導致消費減少，為眾多產業帶來負面影響。

#危機下的轉機 #雲端會議軟體行業正夯
看到這些數字是不是讓人非常沮喪，就想要直接爬進棉被裏，倒頭大睡，不管外面發生的事情，這樣做，暫時性地可以讓你忘記煩惱，但是等到醒了，還是要面對現實。老話說危機就是轉機，即便是疫情肆虐，一家店接著一家的關門大吉，一波接著一波的人員失業，有些行業和公司正在經歷著轉機和大幅成長。

Zoom雲端會議軟體公司股價累計已漲58.52%，創辦人袁征的身家也跟著飆升了57%/20億美元（約604.4億元台幣），達到56億美元（約1692.32億元台幣）。因為隨著疫情蔓延，辦公室關閉、交通中斷發、國際交流大多數轉為線上、各種會面紛紛取消，各行各業對Zoom雲端會議軟體需求激增，辦公室會議、商業會議、大學授課…等，都開始轉向線上視訊。很多其他類似公司，例如Skype, Webex, 也在經歷同樣的大幅成長。

#WorkingfromhomeDay1 #Workingfromhome
今天是Joyce整體團隊在家工作的第一天，經過2周的測試，疫情之下，居家辦公，工作仍然持續進行。

#遠距工作已經成為未來工作不可避免的大趨勢 #遠距已經成為MUST
防疫是目前各國各行各業的核心，由此可知，不論是企業或學校已經漸漸進入部分或是全部遠距工作。

美國超過 8 成的公司引入了遠距辦公制度，超過 3000 萬人用這樣的方式工作；日本電氣公司計劃讓 6 萬名員工遠距工作；在中國大陸，已有近 1000 萬家企業、約 2 億人在家線上辦公。我想，即便在疫情接近尾聲和結束後，我們的工作形態也會持續往遠距工作的方向發展。

#6個秘訣幫你在疫情中找到職場轉機
對於現在正在求職的你，相信一定有很多疑慮和擔憂，目前疫情對於企業的招聘和面試流程有什麽影響？這裏有6個Tips和大家分享，希望我們都能在危機中看到轉機，更能利用轉機讓自己的職涯發展更順利！

✅Tip no. 1 – Life goes on and work goes on繼續投遞簡歷，繼續申請工作

不能因為心情低落，就完全廢在家裏，在現在這樣的經濟不穩定時期，各個公司都在重新審視自身的組織架構、所需職務、招聘流程以及未來的發展走向。不管這個疫情是再3個月、6個月，或是更長的時間，它總有結束的一天，所以很多雇主並沒有停止招聘。很多行業和很多公司都開始更多的需要可以遠距辦公的職位。所以，只要你繼續投遞簡歷，繼續申請工作，你就有機會在公司轉型的時間進入到一個新型的工作形態的職務當中。

✅Tip no. 2 – Update your CV 更新自己的簡歷

在你的簡歷中，不妨強調的遠距工作的經驗和能力，還有管理線上項目的經驗，在現在這樣的求職大環境中，這樣做一定是加分的。

✅Tip no. 3 – Be extra patient 保持耐心，永不放棄

公司就像人一樣，面對突如其來的危機也是無所適從，別驚訝，不是所有公司在疫情當下都有詳細的應對和執行計劃，所以，如果你申請了工作後，沒有很快得到回復，不需要太過焦慮，建議你發一封follow up email去追蹤一下你的工作申請進展。

✅Tip no. 4 – A new way of working – remotely 專注於搜尋遠距工作

既然知道目前的職場情況是往遠距工作發展，那就沖破自己心中的限制，直接找到遠距工作來做！目前在全球範圍內，有很多公司有完善的體系支持遠距員工，有些幾乎完全遠距工作的公司，團隊成員遍布世界各地，薪水待遇非常優。你可以在FlexJobs, We Work Remotely和Remote.co這三個網站去尋找相關工作機會。

👉FlexJobs - https://www.flexjobs.com/
👉We Work Remotely - https://weworkremotely.com/
👉Remote.co - https://remote.co/

❤️在這些專門的遠距工作網站上面，你可以找到非常高薪的職位，年薪超過台幣2百萬的都有，也有part-time的工作，一個月10個小時，也能帶來1000美金的收入，機會都在上面，等著你去挑戰！

✅Tip no. 5 – Get prepared for an online interview 隨時準備好線上面試

遠距工作的面試流程很多可能是在線上，所以你要隨時準備好應對，在面試中，需要清楚的表達你的遠距工作能力、獨立辦公能力和在團隊中遠距辦公的能力。建議你可以事先練習講講你的工作計劃和工作方式，還有你會如何高效率的安排你的一天。

✅Tip no. 6 – Carry on with our lives as normal as possible 保持身體健康照顧心情平穩

疫情讓全球職場產生巨變，在壓力下忙碌的找工作時，要注意自己的身心健康，尤其是在現在這種不太能出門的非常時期，要合理安排好每天的作息，工作、運動、讀書、吃飯、休息的時間，建立一個良好的生活作息，保持身體健康照顧心情平穩也是非常關鍵，因為，你要讓自己能夠放松下來，才能更好的面對未知。

*疫情持續蔓延發展中，文中數字為這幾天內的綜合整理，以最新實時更新為主。

#只要我們閃閃發光大家都會看到我們來自的地方
#大鎖國時代你必須主動規劃自己的幸福和前途
#你要的幸福自己做主
#Joyce聊成長
#Joyce聊遠距工作
#Joyce聊在家工作
#Joyce聊態度
#Joyce的國際工作生活規劃課程
#Joyce的遠距工作生活規劃課程
#我們都能擁有一點點不平凡
#另類成功
#另類youtuber
#WishtoWow

至於Joyce對於目前澳洲政府如何面對新型冠狀病毒疫情的觀察，這是昨天寫的英文文章：

✅No people, no virus.
✅Less contact, less chance of getting the virus.

⭕️We have to find a way to continue our lives as normal as possible, but with extreme precautions of course.

❗️CODIV-19 is getting out of control globally. To be honest, I really want to go back to my home island, Taiwan at the moment. I think a lot of my relatives in the UK and the US share the same feeling. Unfortunately, we don’t see that leaders of Australia, UK and US tackling this crisis with swift and accurate measures. Taiwan suffered from the SARS crisis back in 2003 and it had forced the island to create better defense system and immediate response mechanism towards outbreak of viruses.

❗️Taiwan has over 23 million people (similar to Australia. The population in Australia is about 24 million.) and it’s a very densely populated place. Geographically, we are very close to mainland China and because of this, a lot of people, including health professionals predicted that Taiwan would soon fall to COVID-19 and it would be very difficult to control it. But so far, the COVID-19 confirmed cases are 153 in Taiwan. Comparing to most European countries, America and Australia, COVID-19 is under control in Taiwan. And strict measures have been taking place continuously to ensure that it stays under control.

🚫So don’t tell me that wearing masks are not working; don’t tell me that working from home and closing schools & non-essential places are not working; don’t tell me about group immunity to an unknown virus when there are patients getting re-infected; don’t tell me that COVID-19 only attacks old people while there are over 50% of server cases that are under the age of 60 in ICU in a hospital in Italy; don’t tell me that COVID-19 doesn’t effect young people as there are 19 year-olds getting infected in Australia, China and South Korea. Some of them are also classified as server cases. In New York, there more than 10,000 confirm cases and 54% of them are young people between the age of 18-49; don’t tell me to get prepared to lose my loved ones while we witness some countries and regions are getting this crisis under control.

⭕️We can control this crisis by religiously practicing social distancing, wearing masks, washing hands, using hand sanitizer, monitoring our own temperature, stopping travels...the list goes on and these measures they do work. It really angers me to see that 4 cruise ships were given special permission to dock in Australia despite the 30-day coronavirus ban. And people are still heading to the beach in large numbers. Viruses do not count to 100 or 500 before they infect people. They don’t wait for 48 hours for the emergency rules to be effective. The only math they know is to multiply as quickly as they can. We all have the responsibility to carry out the measures that are effective to control this crisis. With no exceptions!

⭕️Time to learn from some more successful cases in dealing with COVID-19 - Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan...even China as it has managed to control it. We are also seeing slowing down in new cases in South Korea. And Australia’s neighbor - New Zealand is doing a great job in stopping the virus from spreading. The confirmed cases are still under 60. It’s not a time to urge or debate on which political ideology is better than others. It’s not a time to calculate certain parties’ business or political interests. It’s definitely wrong to blame Chinese or Asians for this virus. Viruses do not care if you are white, black, yellow, communist, socialist, capitalist or otherwise.

😂Something to laugh about in this crisis atmosphere - Shoppers in the Netherlands are panic buying weed. Toilet paper? Who cares! Meat? Don’t need it! Talking about priorities in different countries!

#疫情下的生活 #疫情快點結束 #遠離人群 #covid_19 #codvid19 #covid19italia #台灣防疫 #台灣防疫經驗

👉Joyce的不公開社團：Joyce的國際工作情報站
https://www.facebook.com/groups/joyceseestheworld
👉Joyce的IG：@joyceseesozandtheworld
https://www.instagram.com/joyceseesozandtheworld/
👉Joyce的不公開社團：Joyce的異國戀情分享園地
https://www.facebook.com/groups/joycetalkscrossculturalrelationship/
👉Joyce看世界就是不一樣offical website：https://www.joyceseestheworld.com/

On the 16th of February I received a message from an old Taiwanese student of mine. The message said:
二月十六日，我收到了一位我以前的台灣學生的來信：

“How’s corona virus in the UK? I just saw it on the news…. Taiwan really benefited a lot from not trusting China…”
“英國的新冠狀病毒情況如何？ 我剛看到新聞，不信任中國真的是做對了”

As each day passes this message becomes truer and truer.
隨著一天天的過去，這個對話變得越來越真實

The part my student didn’t know was that the UK would be punished so terribly for being so naive in its dealings with China,
他不知道的是，英國天真地繼續與中國打交道會受到如此嚴厲的懲罰

I now fear the worst is yet to come.
我擔心最糟糕的時刻才要到來了而已

It is now March the 20th.
今天是三月二十日

The death roll rises with the infection rate rising by 33% everyday.
死亡人數快速增加，感染率每天也多33％

The newspapers say we are 13 days behind Italy.
報紙說我們只差意大利13天

The schools have been shut and the streets are empty.
學校已經關閉，街道空無一人

We are preparing for self isolation.
我們正準備做居家自我隔離

Supermarkets are being emptied and there is talk of London being locked down.
超市被清空，有傳言稱倫敦將被封城

I sit at home in self isolation watching the Taiwanese news on youtube and it looks like a glimpse of a parallel universe.
我坐在家裡看著Youtube上的台灣新聞，像是一瞥的平行宇宙

As I write this Taiwan only has 108 confirmed infections with only one death…
目前台灣確診人數是108，只有一個人過世...

Britain’s death toll has now reached 144 and infections are now at 3269…
英國確診人數到了3269 ，死亡人數為144

The infection rate seems amazingly low. It’s as if taiwan has dodged a bullet.
台灣的感染率極低人人彷彿像在閃子彈般對待這病毒。

Taiwan is a small island off the coast of China with a population of 23 million many of whom work and live in China
台灣是中國大陸之外的一個小島，擁有約2300萬人口。其中許多台灣人在中國工作和生活，台灣的人口約佔英國的三分之一

Britain is the other side of the world and has a population of 67 million - very few of which work and live in China.
英國是世界的另一端，人口約為6700萬，其中很少有人在中國工作和生活

This should have been easy for us and hard for Taiwan.
相較之下，防疫對我們來說應該是容易的才對

How could Taiwan have got it so right and the UK have got it so wrong?
台灣的防疫是如何做得這麼好，而英國又怎麼會讓疫情一塌糊塗？

There is a long list of smart decisions Taiwan made to prevent the virus coming in and to stop it spreading.
台灣為防止新型冠狀病毒入侵、擴散，早在開頭時就果斷做出了一系列明智的決策

The closing of its border, the temperature checks.
關閉邊界 ，公開場域實施溫度檢測

The face masks not being allowed to leave the country.
政府禁止台灣的口罩出口一個月

As early as the 15th of February Taiwan was not allowing flights from wuhan.
早在2月15日，台灣就不允許武漢的班機入境

As early as January Taiwan had halted all entry of Chinese citizens and put all visa applications on hold.
而早在一月底，台灣就暫緩受理了中國大陸人士的觀光簽證，並將以發入台許可證的日期延後了

By the end of January all Taiwanese travel to China had been stopped.
在一月底也全面暫停了台灣旅行團前往中國大陸旅遊

In early February Taiwan was putting people in quarantine.
2月初，台灣就已將開始實施入境隔離了

As I write this Taiwan has denied all entry to Taiwan from foreign countries except for it’sown citizens who are coming back.
在我寫到這時，台灣已拒絕所有外國人入境了，只有持有台灣護照的公民允許入境

All of these things the British government hasn’t done but didn’t
英國政府至目前都還沒有做到這些事情

The rest of Europe has been hit hard, but these countries have land borders and so the rules of the game are different for them..
歐洲其他地區疫情擴散也十分嚴重，但這些國家有陸地邊界，因此整個規格是不同的

We don’t.
我們沒有陸地的邊界

In this respect we are like Taiwan.
在這方面，英國就跟台灣一樣

Taiwan and Britain have a special advantage because they are surrounded by water...
台灣和英國有一個特殊的優勢，它們都是被海水包圍著的島嶼

We could and should have taken all the steps Taiwan has taken but we didn’t, why?
我們本可採取台灣已採取的所有防疫行動，但我們卻沒有這樣做，為什麼？

The way the average Brit thinks of china is completely different.
英國人普遍來說對中國的看法與台灣人的完全不同

Most British people don’t share the deeply cynical view of China that Taiwan has.
大多數英國人不同意台灣對中國的悲觀看法

When China says there is nothing to worry about, many people in the Uk actually believe it.
當中國說“沒什麼好擔心的”，英國的許多人就都會相信

News reporters even believe it.
新聞記者們深信不疑地報導

When I tell people we can’t trust China people look at me like I am mad.
當我告訴人們不能相信中國共產黨時，人們會認為我瘋了一般生氣地看著我

Do you think China would hesitate to block British citizens coming into China?
中國難道會猶豫要不要禁止英國公民進入中國？

Of course it wouldn’t.
當然不會

No sooner has the virus landed in other countries are other countries being blamed for it coming back.
這病毒一到了其他國家，中國就開始指責是其他國家帶進中國的...

If we had had the same mindset as the Taiwanese, all of these deaths could have been prevented.
假設我們對此與台灣人有相同的心態，那麼所有這些死亡都是可以避免的

Taiwan understands china better than any other country in the world.
台灣對中國的了解無疑比世界上任何其他國家都要更深

The Taiwanese are highly skeptical of everything that comes out of the Chinese communist party’s propaganda machine.
台灣人高度懷疑中共的一切大外宣

Many times in recent history the Taiwanese have been threatened by China with invasion and many attempts by the Chinese communist party
在近代歷史上，台灣多次遭到中國共產黨入侵的威脅

China has been making attempts to weaken and manipulate the Taiwanese media and use politicians to hold sway over Taiwans internal affairs.
中國共產黨從各方滲透，削弱、操縱台灣媒體，並利用政治人物干涉台灣內政

Taiwan knows that globalization, interconnectivity and heavy reliance on other countries can be very dangerous.
台灣人民知道，全球化和互聯網系統嚴重依賴其他國家是可能導致嚴重後果的事

Taiwanese people understand the dangers of being reliant on China very well.
台灣人清楚地知道依賴中國的危險

But do we?
但我們呢？

How many of our medicines are made in China?
我們有多少種藥品是在中國製造的？

Face masks? Ventilation machines?
口罩？ 呼吸器？

How much Chinese investment has gone into vital infrastructure in the UK, such as the two nuclear power plants?
中國在英國的重要基礎設施（例如兩個核電廠）中投入了多少資金？

Would Taiwan allow China to build nuclear power plants?
台灣可能會允許中國出資建造核電廠嗎？

Of course it wouldn’t! Why?
當然不會！為什麼？

Taiwan understands that it must protect its sovereignty at all costs and not take the easy route for short term economic gain and in doing so and endanger its people.
台灣明白必須不惜一切代價保護自己的主權，而非為了短期的經濟利益而走捷徑，這樣做會危害到國民

This is a lesson the west is yet to learn.
這是西方尚未學到的一課

When trump introduced the tariffs on China he took a lot of criticism, people called him isolationist.
當川普對中國徵收關稅時，他受到了很多批評，人們稱他為孤立主義者

I’d rather be call isolationist that stuck at home isolated and not able to go out
我寧願被稱孤立主義者，也不原意走到這一步被隔離在家都不能出們

On March the 10th Xinhua news (a propaganda arm of the Chinese communist party announced that China might halt all medical exports.
新華社3月10日的消息指出（中國共產黨的宣傳部門宣布）中國近期可能停止出口所有醫療用品

The west relies on China for its antibiotics, and other vital products.
西方國家依賴中國生產抗生素和其他重要的醫療產品

Earlier this year Boris Johnson gave Huawei the go ahead to lay down Britain‘s 5G.
鮑里斯·約翰遜（Boris Johnson）今年年初達成協議，讓華為得以繼續為英國部署Britain’s 5G

Did Taiwan allow Huawei in to lay down 5G?
台灣會允許華為設置5G嗎？

Of course they didn’t….
台灣當然不可能這麼做

If we learn anything from this tragedy it should be that we should not rely on a country that sees the west as its rival, one that makes casual threats to block exports of vital medical supplies.
如果我們能從這場悲劇中學到任何東西，應該是：我們不應該依賴對一個將西方視為敵人的國家，這個隨便就可以用重要醫療用品的出口來威脅人的國家

We should only trade with countries that see us as their allies - the democratic free world.
我們應該只和同樣於民主自由世界且視自己為盟友的國家進行貿易

We must realize that globalizations isn’t always a good thing and that our national borders are there for a reason and we should feel no shame in closing the borders to protect our people.
我們必須認識到全球化並不總是好事，而且國界的存在是有原因的，不應該因“關閉邊界以保護一個國家的人民”而感到羞恥

After this we must decouple all reliance on Chinese money and Chinese products and halt all Chinese investment in the UK.
疫情平息過後，我們真的必須停止對中國資金和中國產品的依賴

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[10 REASONS WHY ASIANS DON'T GET FAT]

Now of course, there are Asians who are fat or chubby, so the title is a bit of a generalized statement or stereotype, but as a whole, there's definitely some truth to it. Genetics is an obvious factor so I'm gonna leave that one off the list.

1. Fish & Seafood

Asians eat a lot of seafood. The biggest benefit to eating fish is the omega-3 fatty acids. Fish gives our brain and body the DHA & EPA it needs. EPA in particular has been shown to prevent obesity. 1.5 to 2 grams daily of fish oil can produce weight loss of a couple pounds over a period of a month.

2. Cooking Methods

If you compare Western and Asian eating habits, sure they both consume deep fried foods, but Asian countries vary their cooking methods a lot more.

3. Food Perception

How people see and experience food can be different depending on where you are. In America, for example, food is seen more as entertainment. There is desire, joy and anticipation associated with eating. Not that it isn't in Asian countries, but it's a lot more toned down. Eating has more of a practical feel, in many cases closer to being a chore rather than entertainment.

4. Portion Size

Asians eat smaller portions. Food is often served in small serving bowls and small plates and this helps regulate how much is consumed in one sitting. Now if we take a look at America? SUPERSIZE!

5. Leafy Greens

Asian portion size in general might be smaller, but their vegetable portion size is consistently larger. In many Asian countries, people don't even need to be reminded to eat their veg. It's just ingrained.

6. Drink Habits

It is a common belief that drinking water, especially cold water, with your meal is a habit that one should avoid, as it dilutes your digestive enzymes and makes it harder for your stomach to digest food. Americans often drink cold water or sodas with their meals, not so much for Asian people however. Rather they drink hot teas before or after a meal. I should note that many experts say this is greatly exaggerated and that it's generally ok to drink water with your meals.

7. Population Density

Many Asian countries & cities are densely populated. There are lots of people living in small apartments and almost everything you need is just round the corner. Leading one to possibly conclude that many Asian people must exert less energy in their daily lives. In actuality, Asian people in this circumstance may end up walking more. With everything being in close proximity, they are more inclined to just walk to their destination, whereas in many Western countries, distances are often too great.

8. Fermented Foods

Asians consume more fermented foods such as miso, natto, tempeh, kimchi, kombucha, etc, and this is not just good for your gut health, but helps reduce the overall inflammation in the body. And inflammation is a contributing factor to weight gain and obesity.

9. Snacks & Desserts

This one's quite simple. Asian snacks, healthy, Western snacks, not so much. Asian snacks and desserts may be rice cakes, red beans, seaweed snacks, nuts, seeds, and lots of fruit. For Western snacks and desserts, you have cookies, chips, ice cream, sugary cakes.

10. Prevention vs Treatment
Asians practice prevention, while others practice treatment. With the Western approach, you have your antibiotics, antacids, NSAIDs, quick, temporary, remedies that might actually hurt you in the long run. The Asian approach attempts to get to the root of the problem using nutrition, healthy habits, prevention practices. It's a societal mindset. Health is not simply the absence of sickness.