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Article #161Re: Why are so many people fat?
From: Leif Erikson
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 23:22
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 23:22
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Matthew Beasley wrote: > "Leif Erikson" <pipes@thedismalscience.net> wrote in message > news:3Fmrg.848$vO.526@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... > > > France and the French have taken a lot of abuse in red-state America over > > the past few years, and the French certainly have their faults, but on > > food they get it absolutely right. The weighting is toward the quality > > axis rather than the quantity axis of the graph. A big part of this is > > because the chef in a French restaurant, in France, *cares*. He loves > > food, and he cares passionately about it. > > > > France is loosing the battle. > > No, they are nowhere near as bad as the US, but their youth are being lured > in by the super-size me fast food. I didn't see evidence of growing portions, but I did see some evidence of changing tastes due to fast food exposure. The mother in a Swiss family I lived with for a year in the early 1970s has some grandchildren who were about 8 or 9 when I last visited in 1998. She made French fries for them, and the kids all clamored for catsup with their fries. The grandmother shot me a baleful look and said something rightly derogatory about the malign influence of McDonalds. > > Families are no longer having the long evening meal. But whatever meal they have, I bet it's better than what all but a few Americans eat.
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