French Health
Blog 4
April 20, 2015
By Kevin Higgins
I’m going to
start this blog out with a statistic: “Only 7% of
the French are obese, compared with a whopping 22% of all Americans.” To me
this means that many French people are slim and not obese. They eat their food
in small portions and tend to stay very healthy. Their food has good nutrients
and is usually healthy for you to eat. Compared to the United States, French
diet is very rich in fat, overall, the Americans consumes more calories. Over
the years, this would lead to substantial differences in weight leaning more
toward the United States to be obese. My family originates from France so I was
raised trying all different types of food including French food. My favorite
for to make and eat was always crapes. Crapes are easy to make and most people
would think they are eating it for breakfast because they are so much like
pancakes, but they are a dinnertime family meal. I think people in France are
healthier because of the small portions but also because of they’re such
diverse food range. French people also eat what they enjoy, here in the United
States I feel people don’t eat a lot of the food they enjoy because we are
known to be an obese country. I think the novel portrays food with feeling and
for the most part, everyone eats what he or she enjoys.
Work
cited
"Healthy
Eating: What I Learned in France." Psychology Today. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Apr.
2015.
It is really shocking the percentage difference of the obese people in America compared to France. As you said, I think the real main difference between the French diet and the way that most Americans eat is that they eat very small, controlled portions. In America, we get large portions of food. Generally in America when you go out to a restaurant you get quite large portions so we are just used to it. It's not that in France they aren't eating carbohydrates or enjoyable food, they are, it's just they are eating very small portions and less often. I looked up the French diet and on WebMD
ReplyDelete(http://www.webmd.com/diet/the-french-diet) it said that "In one study, Rozin and colleagues found that a carton of yogurt in Philadelphia was 82% larger than a Paris yogurt; a soft drink was 52% larger, a hot dog 63% larger, and a candy bar 41% larger " (Web MD). The size of the food we are eating in America really does effect the health we have, and the percentage in obesity rates shows us the truth!
I totally agree with Morgan, but I also think that France has to live up to a standard. Because France is one of the most known place for models they will convey a thinner life style. Starting with the proportions that they eat. yes, my country is on the other spectrum we love are meat and potatoes so you can say we love are food to.
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