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French Women Do Get Fat

September 20, 2006

Look who's bulking up:

The image of the super-svelte Frenchwoman has taken a battering after a new survey showed more than a third are overweight.

In all, the study found that 19.8 million people out of the country's population of 63 million were too fat, and that 5.9 million of them were obese -- 2.3 million more than nine years ago.

"Women appear to be more affected than men," said Professor Arnaud Basdevant, a Paris hospital nutritionist who jointly co-ordinated the study.

The finger of blame seems to be pointing at the same problem we have here in the you-ess-aye:

Last year the bestseller French Women Don't Get Fat "explained" how a bit of common sense combined with a moderate intake of calorie-filled delicacies could ensure a perfect figure.

Its author, Mireille Guiliano, 60, claimed that traditional French ways of choosing and preparing food ensured good health and figure. The reality, however, is that McDonald's and Burger King are now regular features of towns and cities across France.

Family meals are being replaced by supermarket ready dinners. Even Miss Guiliano has admitted that her book's title may have to be revised.

"Of course some French women get fat," she said. "I find it obscene, frightening, that France has one of the largest number of McDonald's outside America."

Posted by LouSchuler at September 20, 2006 08:51 AM

French Women Do Get Fat

September 20, 2006

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