French Women DO Get Fat

Remember that book, French Women Don’t Get Fat, written by Mireille Guilano in 2004, in which she rambled on and on as to how the fairer sex in France maintain their svelte figures even though the country’s national foods are pastries, cheese and wine? Well it seems French Women DO get fat.

According to a study by TNS Sofres Healthcare and pharmaceuticals company Roche, 26% of the women in France are classified as clinically overweight and 15.1% obese. The research, which was published this week, also noted that the male population has put on weight as well: 38.5% are overweight and 13.9% are obese.

While the French may not be in the same predicament as the Americans, over the past 12 years an average Frenchman (and in this case woman) gained 6.83lb and 1.85 inches around their waste.

“Obesity rates have really risen sharply in urban areas where there’s a concentration of sedentary jobs, public transport, less need to walk and a much greater availability of food,” Dr Marie-Aline Charles, one of the researchers, told Reuters Health. “We’re currently seeing in France the same levels of obesity as in the United States in the 1970s, so we’re about 40 years behind.”

So next time a smug Frenchman alludes to your not-size-0 figure, feel free to refer to this weighty study.

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