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It's Bush's Fault; that the French are getting fat.
Topic Started: Jan 26 2006, 05:59 AM (152 Views)
George K
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Well, maybe it's the "freedom fries"

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/internat...serland&emc=rss

On France's National Weighing Day, a pediatrician measured a girl in Roubaix, an economically depressed town in the country's north.

At about 4 feet 6 inches and 95 pounds, the boy was declared overweight and in danger of becoming obese.

The morning pastry would have to go. So would the Oasis soft drinks and the after-school Nutella-on-bread. Meat and potatoes would be allowed, but only once a day. A snack could include milk or cheese, but not both. Baguettes were fine, but where were the veggies?

"23.6 body mass index," Dr. Corinne Fassler announced. "You have to raise your consciousness. You have to find a sport you like. But if you go to the swimming pool, don't go to the vending machine for chips."

The French are getting fatter, and Jan. 7 was National Weighing Day for the country's children. A voluntary army of hundreds of pediatricians fanned out to more than 80 cities to weigh, measure, interrogate and enlighten.

Roubaix is an economically depressed industrial town in northern France, the fattest region in the country. Fifty-one percent of the population here is overweight or obese, compared with the national average of 42 percent, according to the most recent national figures in 2003.

The trend line is most significant among children. While adult obesity is rising about 6 percent annually, among children the national rate of growth is 17 percent. At that rate, the French could be - quelle horreur - as fat as Americans by 2020. (More than 65 percent of the population in the United States is considered overweight or obese.)
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