A healthy woman today is usually imaged as lean, pencil-thin, bony yet muscular in physique. Combine this with the trend towards naturally wind-blown hair (not permed, teased, and shellacked); make-up barely discernible (not painted on); and a breezy”be what you want to be, express yourself”dress style—and you get the look aspired by many women all over the world.
The problem is that adherence to a strict, inflexible standard does not leave much room for the wonderful variability that comes as a result of race, genes, and personal style.Think of the Indian woman in a sari, the Japanese kimono-clad woman with mincing steps, the American athlete, or the Filipina in a malong or a kimono, or modern dress.
For Filipinos, trying to copy this magazine image is difficult, especially for those whose Spanish heritage shaped them rounder, heavier in the hips, with defined waistlines and curves. If the Asian heritage is the more obvious part of the image, then we are lean and lithe. Anglo-Americans are built much bigger.
With the emphasis on body fat placement (the apple and pear shapes) rather than size and build, Asians are less likely to die of severe heart attacks and strokes than are Anglo-Americans. Asians, however, are now like the Caucasians—prone to chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, some cancers, and other diseases derived from lifestyle abuse.
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