Sports drinks, which are often high in sugar and calories made up most of the food and drink deals, with soft drinks and fast food filling out the remainder.
Fast food restaurants and many retail businesses originally got behind DST because they realized it meant more sales of burgers and ice cream and everything else.
While their diets have been changing recently due to globalization and factors like fast food chains, the traditional Okinawan diet is made up of large amounts of plant-based carbohydrates.
Others whose electricity and water weren't running at home lined up in their cars for fast food in some cases waiting four hours to get to the drive-thru.