Japan

Google translated it as thus:

"Su-Ha-breathing healthy diet is a diet. Want to diet, but do not know how" and "Abdominally healthy diet Law".

From Japan, a mug that measures Calories as well as mls.

For "Beer Only":

Forget about walking to a vending machine. You could wear one instead.

Apparently a woman walking alone could elude pursuers by disguising herself as a vending machine.

A Japanese company has come up with a solution to obesity: a really small burger.

It turns out the mini-burger is actually a cookie. The idea is good though. Maybe someone needs to alert Burger King.

From the strange-products-from-japan department comes Diet Water... the perfect weight loss beverage.

I wondered if this picture was a photoshop job - until I found another Japanese "Diet Water" product.

A new drink goes is about to go on sale in Japan - it's called "Bilk" and combines a low-malt beer with milk.

Japanese TV executives have apologized after telling "lies" about a soy product. Their TV program claimed that sticky fermented Soybeans (Natto) could aid weight loss. The show, made by Kansai Telecasting Corp (KTV) in the western city of Osaka, claimed people could lose weight by eating the pungent food for breakfast and dinner daily for two weeks. (via Yahoo)

Every week I receive a number of emails from various vendors touting their wares. This week I received an email from a Japanese company who make the "Okara Cookie" - a cookie that is "made from soybean mainly".

One reviewer called it the "dieting war of the worlds". Following the successes of Guiliano's French Women Don't Get Fat comes another book about a particular country's eating habits. The French book is very popular in the US - although the title doesn't quite ring true - French obesity statistics are similar to what the US was 10 years ago.

We've been told of the health benefits of green tea, and even the benefits from dark chocolate. Spotted in Japan earlier this year was a KitKat - Green Tea flavor. The chocolate bars are a bright green color - but to the disappointment of many - are only a limited edition.