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Old 06-14-2008, 08:10 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Gabbyness
"33.5 in"

Holy crap, am I the only one that thinks that's really thin? I'm 75" and weigh around 200lbs and consider myself in pretty good shape, and I think my waist is 34". Then again, Japanese people are closer to 65" than 75" . . .
I'm sure that it takes into account the BMI system or something similar. It'd be silly to try and get a 6'3" man into anything under a 34. Or a woman that's 6'3" for that matter.

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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl
It's interesting, because in doing this the Japanese have come up with a new word for someone who's overweight: metabo.
Why is it everything Japan names sounds like a pokemon?

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