Question About French Eating Habits/Diet vs. Americans

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9. As others have stated, it's all about portion size.

Yes, the French walk a lot more, and don't eat packaged, processed foods like we do, but I think you're asking how they can eat foie gras, butter and all those sauces without it affecting their weight. And that ones down to eating less of them!

In the US, we really don't realize how out of control the portions have gotten. We eat cheap food with lots of filler, no nutrition, and we eat a lot of it! Better to have a small square of dark chocolate washed down with a nice glass of Pinot Noir, than a whole Costco-sized bag of mini Hershey bars and a 2 liter bottle of Coke!