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To: epicure who wrote (1420)	9/8/2006 4:54:20 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1695

I sometimes wonder if having that scooter, and being able to scoop up all that food without using your legs, doesn't kind of contribute to the problem. Well I for one, wouldn't eat nearly as much if I had to use my feet to get the food to my mouth. In fact, I would probably starve to death. In the larger cities and in the upper classes, I don't think the increasing obesity in Europeans is as noticeable, but that's true here, also. If you get out into the countryside and more economically depressed areas of Europe, they are having problems. And even years ago, in the German countryside we saw plenty of hefty hausfraus. I just read an article about how while the adults are increasing in body fat by about 6% a year, the French children are adding 17%. Hang on- I will find it--it had some interesting facts about the changes in French life conributing to this. nytimes.com While looking, also found this which seems to add some support to the city idea, though not exactly the way I had thought of it. Health experts have long been warning about increasing obesity rates in Germany. Now, it seems they've found another factor besides diet and exercise that contributes to the average German citizen's weight -- location. More than half of the people living in eastern Germany are overweight, according to the statistics office in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The state of Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania takes the cake, with 56 percent of adults carrying excess kilos. Other eastern states such as Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg are close behind with more than 53 percent of their adult populations classed as overweight. Germans who want a better chance at remaining slim, it seems, should choose the fast pace of city life. Hamburg and Berlin are home to the highest number of slender people. dw-world.de