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Default AMERICAN FOOD vs EUROPEAN FOOD


"Ron Hunter" > wrote in message
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> Judging by your insults, and calling a reported observation a lie, I
> would guess you are a democrat. For the record, I am an independent. I
> figure that if one gets too wrapped up in a political party, he might
> forget his country.
>
> I saw what I saw. Whether it is representative I can't say, given that
> I saw only a minescule percentage of the European population, and have
> seen only a similarly small percentage of the US population. It is
> interesting that your numbers corelate nicely with the income of the
> people of the countries you mentioned. I suppose you would advocate
> that if we want to slim down, we should reduce our income to that of the
> mentioned countries. If so, you first.


Fyi, having lived for five yeras in the US and having grown up in Italy
(where all my family resides) I can tell you that the average italian has a
better quality of life than the average american (enjoys better vacations,
better food and lives in a nicer house). In fact, Italy (which is only as
big as California) is the 6th richest country in the world. With that said,
let me remind you that most of the people you consider average as far as
weight in the US would be considered fat (or at least over weight) in Italy.
And the people you consider fat here, well...you just never see them in
Italy.