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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m consumed by the people saying weight just melts off in Europe.  I lived in Spain (not in a big city) and Russia and there were plenty of overweight people.  I watched a documentary about Sicilian beaches and basically everyone over 30 was overweight (and in bikinis so I could really assess the weight!).  Are people talking about Northern Europe? All my American friends of Northern European extraction (Swedes, Norwegians, etc.) are all thin even though they eat like americans — I think they are genetically programmed as quick metabolizers or something.

I’d be happy to have more healthy fresh options in America but I don’t see it as some magic bullet where we could eat as much as we want and still be thin!  I eat fairly similar to a European (mostly fresh food) and walk a lot but my Sicilian genes are still packing on those pounds as I age.[/quote]

I've been to Russia and yes, they have a lot of overweight people.

But I was also in Greece, Italy, Austria, France, Finland and people there are mostly fit and at normal weight.[/quote]

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