Obesity in Thai monks ‘a ticking time bomb’, warns expert

August 13, 2018 8:17 AM

BANGKOK (NYTIMES) – The Buddha, in his laughing incarnation, is often depicted with a jolly smile and a giant, quivering belly. That model of plenitude seems ever more apt in Thailand, where the waistlines of the country’s Buddhist monks have expanded so much that health officials have issued a nationwide warning.

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