Europe versus US

[Andromeda18_]

I imagined that he had the odd nutritional meal. If you're only going to stick to salad and non-fried stuff, obviously you're going to be ok.

Exactly! A salad isn't junk food even if it's bought at McDonalds! Besides, what the guy of Super Size Me really wanted to show was that eating big macs and sitting around doing nothing will make a person gain weight and become sick because that is unfortunately the reality for a very large number of people.

Well from getting to travel to Europe recently I can definately say that there is a noticeable difference. My time in Europe was in the Greek Islands, first thing I noticed was there wasent a Mcdonalds or Taco Bell in every town or stop. Little cafes and resturants but almost a total lack of fast food.

Yeah, that's true. You don't find a McDonalds in every corner here in Portugal either and we don't even have Taco Bell.

Third thing I noticed was in the group I was with there was one of two of the girls alittle pudge on the hips and sides but still rather pretty otherwise in the US we think nothing of that and girls like that still have guys falling over themselves to ask these girls out. Over there I didn't see any younger 20s types where we were that looked that way and we got alot of snickers at places we went from people "How can that girl dress like that when she looks like that, doesn't she have an self respect" these were directed at how some of the girls in the group wore belly shirts stuff like that. There were exceptions obviously, but you can definately tell the difference.

Oh, that is a reality. Girls with what you call a little fat are somewhat criticized around here. I was just talking about that with a male friend of mine the other day, he hates to see that kind of fat. I have to admit that when I see a girl with some fat on the hips, sticking out of her pants the first thing that comes to my mind is that I'd never wear that kind of pants if I was like that. But it's definitely a cultural thing. I've often thought that in the US girls like that would be called 'hot' just as you yourself said. What we perceive as thin is clearly different from what you perceive as thin. Clothes sizes show that very well. I'm an 's' according to European standards but an 'xs' according to American standards, meaning that in Europe I'm small but in America I'm extra small. A large person here is medium there. A Brazilian friend of mine says that we're all too thin around here, she says that I'd be considered anorexic in Brazil while here nobody would think of me like that, not at all. But despite there being some differences you can be certain there are fat people here too, that is a fact.