Who are the physically weakest and least athletic asians? Support your answers with examples

[Hindukush]

mainland south east asians (viets, thais, burmese, cambodians, laotains)


South asians (indians, bangladeshis and pakistanis)



East asians (chinese, koreans, Japanese)



central asians (kazakhs, uzbeks, kirghiz, mongols)

[Hindukush]

World boxing champions by numbers up until 2014


Thailand has recorded a total of 44 world champions (2014). The number is higher now


Japan has a recorded total of 76 world champions. The third all time among countries. (2014)


The Philippines has recorded a total of 39 world champions. (2014)


Indian and south asia 1 world champion (2014)

[Hindukush]

Olympic Summer Games medal table (total medals won) from 1896 to 2016


China 543

Japan 439


Korea 264

Kazakhstan 69


thailand 31


indonesia 30


India 28

[JohnSmith]

Probably East or South Asians. I know East Asians IQ's are very high making up for physical weakness with intelligence.

[Mingle]

Definitely South Asians, no brainer.

[Hindukush]

Definitely South Asians.

fantastic answer


South asians have the obese phenotype according to scientists. They have to work out twice as hard as other peoples to fight the onset of diabetes

"In particular, there is accumulating evidence that South Asians may have a 'low fitness' phenotype which contributes to their elevated cardio-metabolic risk, and thus may particularly benefit from undertaking higher levels of physical activity [14]"

https://www.researchgate.net/figure....outh-Asian-men




In South Asians, a unique obesity phenotype of high abdominal fat is associated with increased cardiovascular risk

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...11335515001308




Studies in the South Asian diaspora residing in the U.K. during the early 1980s suggested the possibility of an Asian Indian or South Asian phenotype (Fig. 1). This term refers to a combination of characteristics that predisposes SA to the development of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.


http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/63/1/53

[Hindukush]

South Asians in New York City were five times more likely to have diabetes and six times more likely to have metabolic syndrome. These rates are as high as or higher than that observed in Europe.9

Asian Indians in the US also have the highest rates of gestational diabetes (11%) than whites (4%).18


The CADI Study, done in the 90’s showed a diabetes prevalence of 8% among Asian Indians in the US.8 Recent studies have showed a dramatic increase in the prevalence of diabetes 17% to 26% over the past 20 years.4, 5, 8-12 Another 33% to 37% of Asian Indians have prediabetes.5, 10 Nearly half of the diabetes among Asian Indians remain undiagnosed.12

In the MASALA Study the crude prevalence of diabetes among Asian Indians in California was 29% and prediabetes 37% which became 26% and 25% respectively when adjusted for the age (Table 103A).10 In this well-designed study, the prevalence of diabetes among Asian Indians was 400% higher than whites, 200% higher than Chinese, and 50% higher than blacks and Hispanics.10

Asian Indians however, have the highest odds being physically inactive ─a well known risk factor for diabetes.13 But the diabetes risk is 300% higher even after adjusting for physical inactivity.2

http://www.cadiresearch.org/topic/as...-indians-in-us

[Iloko]

Viets and Indians

[Peterski]

Hello MagnusAurelius.

[Purohit ji]

Well indIan's are asian shot put champion. World u 19 javelin throw champion recently.
Also topped the asian athletics recently.