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The Japanese consume this percentage of calories per day compared with someone from the U.S. 25% less calories 50% less calories or they consume the same amount
What is 25% less? People in Asian countries tend to have lower rates of cancer, heart disease, and obesity than Americans, and they typically live longer, too. Researchers suspect that owes largely to their diet: a low-fat, healthy eating style that emphasizes rice, vegetables, fresh fruit, and fish, with very little red meat.