"Cheri" > wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 6 Sep 2014 05:41:24 -0500, "MaryL"
>> > wrote:
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>>>
>>>From what I have read online and in magazines and books there is no such
>>>thing as a fat French person.
>>>
>>>~~~~~~~
>>>That's ridiculous. There certainly are fat people in France (or just
>>>about
>>>any place), but it is true that the *proportions* are different. Even in
>>>the US, the percentage of obese people is far different today than when I
>>>was young. Ironically, there were almost no fat children in school when
>>>I
>>>was a youngster--I can really only think of one person in my class who
>>>was
>>>truly obese when I was young. By contrast, years later we had a great
>>>many
>>>obese students in my class when I was teaching.
>>>
>>>MaryL
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>> You're so right - looking back through some pics of my kids (they're
>> in their 50s now) when they were the 8-12 year old era, all the kids
>> look so skinny by todays standards. In part it was better eating and
>> in part it was more exercise. I don't just mean soccer, swimming,
>> etc. I mean running the neighbourhood with their friends, riding their
>> bikes everywhere, active from dawn to dusk.
>
> Very true.

Most of the kids I see are at the dance studio and most of them are very
skinny. But a lot of them are dancing 12+ hours a week and don't always get
regular meals.