I will never forget the first moment I started to worry about my weight. I was nine years old and visiting my grandparents in Virginia Beach for the summer. While putting on my hand-me-down bathing suit in my grandmother’s bathroom, my aunt came in to collect me. She looked me up and down, slowly extended one long finger and prodded me in the ribs.
“Aiyah,” she said. “You are getting fat.”
I am Whasian: half-Chinese, half-Caucasian. My father, a (now retired) diplomat, met my mother in Hong Kong, and the two of …

Millions of young women across America struggle with eating disorders—an estimated one in five women have disordered eating, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, with 90 percent of those between the ages of 12 and 25. Yet even with these numbers, Asian American women in particular may often feel ignored in the national discussion.

The prevalence of cosmetic surgery in Asia has reached a point where getting double eyelid (blepharoplasty) and nose (rhinoplasty) surgeries has become akin to getting braces. While cosmetic enhancement is common in the U.S., the social stigma surrounding the issue is much greater than that of Asia.

At the age of 18, most of us are immersed in college life—three hour long lectures on Plato, communal bathrooms and crazy parties. Instead, actress Anna Maria Perez de Tagle lives a life of 12-hour workdays, movie premieres and auditions.

Filipino American dancer and choreographer Karla Garcia knew from her first solo that dancing was exactly what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. “I was 6 years old and it was my first tap solo onstage, and I loved performing, getting to feel the audience’s energy and having that chance to touch people in different ways,” says the 24-year-old “So You Think You Can Dance” contestant.

Mochi interviews Chris, this issue’s cute guy of the moment.

Nomi Network, which started in 2007, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to “bridging the private, public and nonprofit sectors through enterprise and education to end human trafficking.”

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Luckily for the foodie in all of us, there are many healthy Asian dishes out there to be savored—and they happen to be the ones mom and grandma likely used to have on the stove at dinnertime. Here are a few examples, broken down by culture.

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Moving away for college means freedom from curfews, chores and parental watchdogs. But it also means leaving behind the sweet, sweet comforts of a home-cooked meal. For a lot of Asian Americans, the switch from Mom’s special noodles to cafeteria chow mein can be big letdown, so we’ve put together a few recipes that you can make in your dorm microwave or common area kitchen, as well as tips for keeping a well-stocked pantry in a tiny living space.

Our Q&A with Dr. Haowen Liu, M.D., a plastic surgeon in Taiwan, on the basic facts of cosmetic surgery.

Much of what accounts for why Asians are generally more slender and healthier than Americans — who are currently dealing with widespread obesity — lies in the differences in diet. By comparing the eating habits in the U.S and East Asia (mainly China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan), we can understand why and how the typical Asian diet can translate into a healthier lifestyle.