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[quote=Anonymous]You just cannot generalize based on one person's idiosyncratic experience. I live in the U.S. and am currently pretty thin (21 BMI). I have lived in Europe twice, once for six months and once for a year, and gained 15 pounds or so both times despite walking much more than in the U.S. (I attribute this to more socializing/drinking and eating more bread - European bread is much cheaper and more delicious than most American bread.) Some things are actually healthier in the U.S. than Europe, at least if you live in an area with some nutrition awareness and many shopping choices. I don't buy exclusively organic food, but I would say it is actually easier to find organic food in the U.S. than in many parts of Europe. And many Europeans eat lots of sweets and candy. Europeans as a whole are thinner than Americans, but obesity is rising sharply there too.

Almost everyone probably changes their habits and consumption patterns on vacation, and so maybe by making the comparison between home and away eating patterns, PP can learn something about what causes them in particular to gain or lose weight (like carbonated beverages causing weight gain or a gluten sensitivity). But it is completely pointless to speculate about large-scale differences between countries based on one person's weight loss.[/quote]

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