In an article published on the Global Post last week, America was listed as the 3rd fattest country in the world, followed by Germany in a close 4th. France was nowhere to be seen on this list. Yet just a few weeks ago, women everywhere breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that French women DO, in fact, get fat and are therefore not inhuman as once believed. The study reports that 15% of French women are obese and 26% are overweight – not exactly living up to their image of restraint and slenderness. Before you get too excited, I should note that the levels of obesity that are currently appearing in France match those of the United States in the 1970’s! 40 years of catching up to resemble the fast-food scarfing-sugar-addicted-sedentary American…It should be said that the study doesn’t indicate how much of an increase this actually is from last year or even over the last 10 years, so I’m assuming it’s rather small.
But don’t the French eat healthier and more varied foods than Americans?
The future
Having conducted quite a bit of research on the myth of French perfection while I was in grad school, I still…
