If you have ever looked through a fashion magazine and hated yourself instantly because the emaciated French waifs (AKA French models) made fun of you with there glamorous half smiles, know that today is your day to laugh back at them because “gay paree” is wobbling badly.
Yes, it seems that even the French can’t put down French fries.
Despite the claims of Mireille Guillano's 2004 book, French Women Don't Get Fat, the shape in the French boudoir mirror is alarming. At least 42 percent of the French people are overweight. According to The New York Times at that rate, the French could be as fat as Americans by 2020.
Such are the heartaches of full-figured women in Paris, the fabled city of fabulously stick-thin women who supposedly dine heartily on croissants and cream-filled pastries and still wear a size 6.
The French government has recently drawn up an advertising campaign by the National Collective of Associations of the Obese, an educational and lobbying organization, which shows a markedly obese nude woman under the headline "Obesity Kills." (An estimated 55,000 people in France die of obesity-related illnesses every year.)
It’s no secret America and France have never really been “friends”. Many Americans might call the French “cheese-eating surrender monkeys” while many French stereotype Americans as “McDonald’s-loving fat pigs.” Ironically, it’s because of McDonald’s the French are now joining our status.
The Times reports that 1.2 million French people eat at McDonald's every day. In fact, McDonald's is more profitable in France than anywhere else in Europe. A cheeseburger with fries and a Coke is the new French coin of the realm.
“Fat American” ideals have even made it into high fashion. Last fall, famed designer John Galliano put plus-sized models on the catwalk right next to the pencil-thin models. To me it feels like he was trying to be sneaky and fool the rest of the world into believing France wanted to get fat because it’s fashionable.
Honestly, I’m glad and ever so proud of McDonald’s. Not only have they done what I have wished for (as in take down the fashion industry), but they have also served France with a healthy dose of bad karma. Remember when we were asking nations to stand with us after September 11 and during this ongoing war on terror? I distinctly remember the French president Jacques Chirac not wanting to stand with the United States and, in a roundabout way, told us to go to hell.
Well Jacques, not only can you go to hell but you can go on a diet too.
If you think the United State’s greatest weapon is our nuclear warfare and our Army, you would be mistaken. Our greatest power might just be McDonalds and “Le Big Mac.”
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McDonals is the root of all evil.
you wrote :
"If you have ever looked through a fashion magazine and hated yourself instantly because the emaciated French waifs (AKA French models) made fun of you with there glamorous half smiles, know that today is your day to laugh back at them because “gay paree” is wobbling badly.
Yes, it seems that even the French can’t put down French fries.
Despite the claims of Mireille Guillano's 2004 book, French Women Don't Get Fat, the shape in the French boudoir mirror is alarming. At least 42 percent of the French people are overweight. According to The New York Times at that rate, the French could be as fat as Americans by 2020."
Yep : 2020! 13 years ! As for the rate of the overweight people in France, what say the article is " At about 4 feet 6 inches and 95 pounds, the boy was declared overweight "
I wonder when do you declare someone as overweighted in US ?
you wrote :
"Such are the heartaches of full-figured women in Paris, the fabled city of fabulously stick-thin women who supposedly dine heartily on croissants and cream-filled pastries and still wear a size 6.
The French government has recently drawn up an advertising campaign by the National Collective of Associations of the Obese, an educational and lobbying organization, which shows a markedly obese nude woman under the headline "Obesity Kills." (An estimated 55,000 people in France die of obesity-related illnesses every year.)"
how much in US ? 400.000
Look at the facts about your country
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/15/23/34970246.pdf
you wrote :
"It’s no secret America and France have never really been “friends”.
I didn't know that, maybe the neo-conned people are concerned about this claim, but the facts are differents.
you wrote :
"Many Americans might call the French “cheese-eating surrender monkeys” while many French stereotype Americans as “McDonald’s-loving fat pigs.”
lol Ive never heard that of my life, even the translation doesn't mean anything. There's not stereotype in France about them excepted if you talk about policy which is really a shame for your country.
you wrote :
"Ironically, it’s because of McDonald’s the French are now joining our status."
I wonder, deos the "U" in the progressive U mean University ? No it's just because I'm not sure with this kind of logic you will success.
you wrote :
"The Times reports that 1.2 million French people eat at McDonald's every day. In fact, McDonald's is more profitable in France than anywhere else in Europe. A cheeseburger with fries and a Coke is the new French coin of the realm."
Yes it's true but what you seem to ignore is that in the french's mc donald , the company makes special meals and special burgers just for the french. And let me tell you that the part of fat (in those meals) are differents and lower than US...
I let you make your own conclusions.
you wrote :
“Fat American” ideals have even made it into high fashion. Last fall, famed designer John Galliano put plus-sized models on the catwalk right next to the pencil-thin models. To me it feels like he was trying to be sneaky and fool the rest of the world into believing France wanted to get fat because it’s fashionable."
yep, to you, because it has been made only once, do you know that ? And actually it has little to do with obesity but it's all about anorexy... Feel free to ignore that.
you wrote :
"Honestly, I’m glad and ever so proud of McDonald’s. Not only have they done what I have wished for (as in take down the fashion industry), but they have also served France with a healthy dose of bad karma."
Great, you are brilliant! you are happy because you think Mc Donald (which is according to you the most responsible for the french obesity rate) kill us ! wow! My god! I wonder in what kind of world you live!
Just a question : Are you serious ?
you wrote :
"Remember when we were asking nations to stand with us after September 11 and during this ongoing war on terror? I distinctly remember the French president Jacques Chirac not wanting to stand with the United States and, in a roundabout way, told us to go to hell."
You distincly remember ! really ? I wonder why we went to Afghanistan ? I wonder why we have send items to NYC to help you ? I wonder why we send help to N.O. ?
Actually what you remember is the french Veto in the U.N because of the Iraqi war.
But about that, the history is written you know, all the world knows that there weren't any WMD in Iraq and there weren't any ties between Saddam and Al qaeda.
The reasons why you make this war in Iraq as everything to do with buisness and policy more than democracy or war on terror!
you wrote :
"Well Jacques, not only can you go to hell but you can go on a diet too.
If you think the United State’s greatest weapon is our nuclear warfare and our Army, you would be mistaken. Our greatest power might just be McDonalds and “Le Big Mac.”
lol Rubbish
:-)
I wonder when the american people will stop to believe in this kind of propaganda... :-/ (I talk about Iraqi war of course)
The whole column was a satire, not to be taken seriously. Thanks for responding however.
And you're right about Americans and propaganda. We eat it up and believe it until the networks have a rating war and "uncover" what ever we believed.
-Laurel
While reading that a grin appeared on my face. I had a couple laughes and thank God someone takes notice and blogs about the fat french.
I used to live in France and I heard about the growing obsesity rate of young children being a problem.
Althought this is true, the French population is definitely still skinnier than the American population. My friend told me that they recently set up stations about Paris that you can rent bikes for a day and return them to any near by station. I think it's a brilliant idea that encourages the people to exercise instead of taking taxis or driving. Also, they take public transportation which forces them to walk more. The French exercise more than the Americans do without even thinking about it. I think this is why they remain skinny even when eating their cuisine.
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"Is it true, said Candide, that people in Paris are always laughing?"
-Voltaire