I was in France for ten days.
I only saw one fat person I thought was French.
I saw several overweight people in the Louvre, all spoke English except a German.
Even in Britain, there are very few overweight people. I haven’t seen an obese person in all of Europe and I’ve been here over three weeks.
Soda tends to be expensive here.
Smoking is more common in France from what I saw.
When I was in Ireland years ago I noticed the same things you are seeing. What struck me is how sedentary we are in the USA. I’ve never lived in old cities in the US, but the metro area in which I lived at the time was not made for pedestrians. We drove every where. Walking to the fruit and veg shop, the bakery, the market etc. in Ireland was a novel experience for me. Everywhere I shopped at home was off a freeway.
Now that I am in a rural area it’s still more driving than walking. The closest grocery store is 20 miles away.
Their cities and towns were developed long before the automobile and the ease of walking everywhere reflects that. The US is also much more vast-wide open spaces that must be traveled in a vehicle. Perhaps the prevalence of moving more and sitting less is why we see fewer obese people there.
Dude. Ditch the ‘American’ bit and learn how to be a Euro. It will suck to be us very soon.
“I only saw one fat person I thought was French.”
France is one of the countries with highest consumption of saturated fat.
Britain Obesity Rate 29.8 % (2014) USA Obesity Rate 34.9% (2015)