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DewDiligence

05/06/11 4:21 PM

#119503 RE: oldberkeley #119502

…I would assume that the increase in Western-style sugar and fat consumption by the Chinese middle class, combined with a less physically-demanding lifestyle has some thing to do with this.

Undoubtedly.
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ilpapa

05/06/11 8:15 PM

#119525 RE: oldberkeley #119502

I wouldn't agree that Chinese cooking ever was lo-fat (Peking duck, any sidewalk food vendor in a Kowloon back street), but I'd agree that sugar is a culprit.