You know what...averagely malaysian diet is 2000kcal per day and i used to take care of my calories intake to a certain extent.
However, when i looked at the packaging of some energy bar in NZ, the average daily intake is 8700kcal! OMG! You know, ppl here are generally bigger in size compared to the petite Asians. I believe it is much related to the diet (cheese, cream, mayonnaise, alcohol, toast, chips, butter etc).
I was told not to engulf too much NZ foods to maintain my body ( i really hope i could resist the great temptation of my favorite bakeries). Anyway, i have finance restriction, so luckily i could not just buy whatever i would like to eat! lol!
Happy new year!
Cheers!
3 comments:
happy new year gal.. hope you are doing great there! ^^
thanks lilian! happy new year to you too!
LOL - it's a matter of units. NZ tends to measure energy in kJ. 8700 is around 2080 kCal. That means we're eating similar energy to the Malaysians standard intake.
Okay... that is the theory. In reality we're eating more than that with all the fast and convenient foods, combined with a decreasing desire to exercise.
So, we're getting fatter and fatter. And fatter - just like most Westernised countries. Even those that are completely overweight keep eating huge amounts of food, placing an unfair load on themselves, their family, the community and the healthcare system. It is fashionable to blame 'genetics' when it is a simple matter of energy IN = energy OUT to maintain a weight range.
So don't worry, at 8700kJ we're not total piggies!
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