This is a geographical observation, not a racial one.
The comparison equally applies to Asian-Americans versus Asians in Asia.
I'm referring to comparatively WELL-OFF Asian countries like Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan. Malnutrition or undernutrition are not problems in these places.
Here are two pictures for you to compare...
Hong Kong girls at age 18: http://image56.webshots.com/156/6/33/2/405863302fbXjVZ_ph.jpg
Asian-American girls in college freshman year (18 or 19):
http://community.webshots.com/photo/526368292/1526381052069064250EfaIWD
So how can you explain it? Since it's not racial, it has to do more with environment than genes...
(I'm not the only "Yahoo Answerer" to observe this either. Yozora, an English lady living in Japan, has noticed this too and she mentioned it in one of her posts.)
2006-07-22
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