According to the American National Eating Disorders Association 91% of women surveyed on a college campus had previously or continually attempted to control their weight through dieting, 22% of them said they dieted often or always. It’s not just women: 25% of men in the U.S. are said to be on a diet at any given time.
Bento boxes are creeping into all kinds of places: pre-schoolers carry them, trendy young things in the media swipe noodles from them with flying chopsticks and those with long-term health conditions use them to ensure a balanced diet.
Basically a bento is a cold lunchbox, Japanese style. Usually made of wood or plastic, the box will have several compartments and traditionally contains sushi, vegetables and rice. Bento boxes have featured in many anime and manga books, causing a surge of interest in the West. Charaben are bento lunches made in the shape of anime or other characters – they are fiendishly hard to produce and those who make them are highly competitive about their art. Most bento boxes have two tiers, one of which is wholly, or largely, filled with rice or some other grain.
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