Kennis Tsang, Sau Mau Ping, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 3 Sept 2011)
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Sunday 29 September 2013
Saturday 28 September 2013
Large Fat Tongues
I've noticed more TV presenters and celebrities who have large fat tongues. This makes them talk in a characteristic and noticeable way (lispy, if you like). For example, TV chefs Jamie Oliver and Allegra McEvedy.
And then coincidentally, while watching a BBC documentary called The Men Who Made Us Fat, the presenter Jacques Peretti also had a large fat tongue. A doctor put him in an MRI machine and examined how much internal (visceral) fat he had. Peretti is a classic example known as a TOFI; thin outside fat inside.
Has there been any studies that have linked fat people (either obese, overweight or TOFI's) with having large fat tongues? Can the presence of having a large fat tongue be a predictor that someone has, or could have, a dangerous amount of fat in their bodies?
Apparently, Hong Kong people look healthy but in actual fact many of them as classic TOFI's (see post here).
Food for thought !!
The Men Who Made Us Fat Part 1 of 12 (YouTube)
And then coincidentally, while watching a BBC documentary called The Men Who Made Us Fat, the presenter Jacques Peretti also had a large fat tongue. A doctor put him in an MRI machine and examined how much internal (visceral) fat he had. Peretti is a classic example known as a TOFI; thin outside fat inside.
Has there been any studies that have linked fat people (either obese, overweight or TOFI's) with having large fat tongues? Can the presence of having a large fat tongue be a predictor that someone has, or could have, a dangerous amount of fat in their bodies?
Apparently, Hong Kong people look healthy but in actual fact many of them as classic TOFI's (see post here).
Food for thought !!
The Men Who Made Us Fat Part 1 of 12 (YouTube)
Friday 27 September 2013
1265 HKSAR Name of the Day
Pierre Pang, research assistant, Professional Teachers' Union, Hong Kon
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Wednesday 25 September 2013
1264 HKSAR Name of the Day
Edison Chen Koon-hei, HK celebrity, Hong Kong
see 0578 HKSAR Name of the Day and Bobo Chan sex-photos scandal
see 0578 HKSAR Name of the Day and Bobo Chan sex-photos scandal
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Name Category: Rare; son-suffix
Monday 23 September 2013
1263 HKSAR Name of the Day
Randy Miu, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 3 Sept 2011)
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Name Category: Rare for females; Rare for males
Saturday 21 September 2013
1262 HKSAR Name of the Day
Queeny Au Yeung Kwai-yue, judge (Madam Justice), Hong Kong
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Name Category: Creation; Self-important
Thursday 19 September 2013
1261 HKSAR Name of the Day
Bobo Cheung, assistant marketing manager, Tai Pan Mooncakes (the first bakery to introduce the "snow skin" mooncake in 1989), Hong Kong
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival !!
About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation; Somewhat common in Hong Kong
Tuesday 17 September 2013
1260 HKSAR Name of the Day
Judianna Barnes Wai-ling, appeal judge, Hong Kong
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Name Category: Creation; Substitution
Sunday 15 September 2013
1259 HKSAR Name of the Day
Zandra Mok Yee-tuen, researcher, Hong Kong Policy Research Institute, Hong Kong
see 0269 HKSAR Name of the Day
see 0269 HKSAR Name of the Day
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Friday 13 September 2013
1258 HKSAR Name of the Day
Zeco Wan, coach, 26 Coaching (elite triathlon training and youth development), Hong Kong
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Name Category: Creation
Wednesday 11 September 2013
1257 HKSAR Name of the Day
Fenella Ng, executive committee member, Hong Kong Triathlon Association
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Name Category: Rare
Monday 9 September 2013
1256 HKSAR Name of the Day
Saturday 7 September 2013
1255 HKSAR Name of the Day
Longman Leung Lok-man, movie director, Hong Kong
About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation; Phonetic-based
Thursday 5 September 2013
1254 HKSAR Name of the Day
Dante Lam Chiu-yin, movie director, Hong Kong [e.g. The Beast Stalker (2008), The Stool Pigeon (2010)]
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Tuesday 3 September 2013
1253 HKSAR Name of the Day
Elvis Luk Wai-ki, researcher, Hong Kong Ideas Centre
see 0164, 0707, 0890 and 1186 HKSAR Names of the Day.
Also, It's Official: Hong Kong Sevens Equals Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll
see 0164, 0707, 0890 and 1186 HKSAR Names of the Day.
Also, It's Official: Hong Kong Sevens Equals Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll
About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Rare; Self-important; somewhat common in Hong Kong
Sunday 1 September 2013
1252 HKSAR Name of the Day
Charlize Liu, public affairs manager, New World First Bus Services Limited, Citybus Limited, Hong Kong
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Name Category: Rare