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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]An American Londoner here, have done many road trips to “off the beaten path” UK/EU. I disagree that people are “just as overweight” than Americans.

It’s true that people outside top tier cities are more overweight, similar to the US. Especially in the U.K. and Germany. But, as the overall lifestyle here is more dense and compact it’s not as common to see grossly overweight people as it is in America.

I also think there stricter EU rules and in general more pride in local regional foods also contributes a keeping populations smaller than Americans.
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You may disagree, but the stats are pretty clear - 28% of people in the UK are obese. That’s more than 1 out of every 4 people. It’s lower than the US (36%), but not that much lower. [/quote]

Europe is much bigger than the UK.[/quote]

60% of Europe is overweight/obese. That’s well over half.

I don’t think we can keep saying Europeans are thin when less than half of them are. [/quote]

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