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Politics : Your Thoughts Regarding France? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Nikole Wollerstein who wrote (614)	1/3/2006 3:01:14 PM
From: Jagfan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 662

425 vehicles torched overnight. Police Chief Michel Gaudin also said there were no major clashes this year between youths and police overnight . They torch over 400 cars and police don't do anything. I think that may be a big part of the problem.

To: Nikole Wollerstein who wrote (614)	1/6/2006 1:55:43 PM
From: rrufff	Respond to of 662

I remember there was someone on these boards who was posting that French are in such great shape compared to Americans. French kids catching up to US in terms of obesity: doctors Jan 06 1:22 PM US/Eastern French children are catching up to their US counterparts in the obesity stakes, a group of French pediatricians said. The scales are tipping towards obesity at a rate of five percent per year since 1997 in France, the same rate as seen on the other side of the Atlantic, the AFPA association said. "This regular increase is especially worrying and, if nothing is done, it suggests there will be a minimal difference between the two countries within 15 years," it said in a statement. The association made the warning on the eve of an obesity-testing operation it was to carry out Saturday in 83 French towns and villages. Its first such operation, carried out last year, showed that 61 percent of children tested carried more weight than should be healthy for their size. "These percentages show that parents are becoming aware too slowly and aren't concerned enough about their child's 'baby fat'," one of the organisers, Brigitte Virey, said. According to the paediatricians, obesity can start appearing from around age two, with children aged from seven to 12 the most affected. Two-thirds of children who are obese carry that condition into adulthood, along with its associated risks of cardio-vascular problems, diabetes and poor self-image. France's state National Statistics Institute released a study last November showing that 40 percent of French adults are overweight. breitbart.com