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LONDON, ENGLAND, September 29, 2003: Experts have warned that the cultural trait among Asians of eating out of politeness everything that is served to them and not refusing seconds (and thirds!) is contributing to the already high levels of risk of coronary heart disease within the community in Britain. According to John Lawson of the University of Huddersfield, numerous studies carried out in the UK and in India and Pakistan tend to show that there is a higher risk of coronary heart disease and truncal obesity — that is obesity around the middle portion of the body — in Asian men. The fat tends to form around the stomach, which is a much riskier form of obesity, he told Eastern Eye. Sarah Delanie, a nurse from Coventry came to similar conclusions in a four-year study with Asian patients.There is a 40 percent higher risk in Asian men from coronary heart disease she said. “Generally,” she said, “all of my patients felt that there was social pressure to eat all the food offered. To turn down food was disrespectful and rude. So they eat the food as a sign of appreciation even if they knew it was not going to benefit them.”

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