obese monks in Thailand

[dair]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/12/world/asia/thailand-monks-obesity.html?utm_source=Travelfish&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=2018

I think that they are allowed to eat some meat, but in general they eat much more tofu and fake meat made of soy. Tofu/soy is definitely going to trigger some oestrogens and make they more overweight.
Because they have their last meal around mid-day, and are not allowed to eat after that, so they drink a lot sugary drinks and sometimes energy drinks. The food offered for free in the mornings is sometimes also packaged junk food...

[TylerDurden]

Tibetan monks do eat meat. However, they get round the restrictions against killing animals by buying their meat from Muslims.