Why don’t people in France get fat?

Why don’t people in France get fat? The answer can be found in this article:

Eating French

Here is the basic observation made in the article:

“Only 11 percent of the French population qualifies as obese, while we almost triple that percentage mark here in the land of plenty. Furthermore, the French eat three times as much saturated animal fat as Americans do and only a third as many die of heart attacks.”

According to the author (who spent a month in France), the French are eating all kinds of crazy pastries and cheeses, and they aren’t spending much time on exercise (besides walking around). Yet they are thin.

Why is that? Because of this very odd (to Americans) statement: “If we want to lose weight, we need to make a choice to enjoy life more.” Enjoy life more??? Read the article to understand what that sentence really means.

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