Why aren’t Italians as obese as Americans?

Why aren’t Italians as obese as Americans?

It’s not really what they eat.

Why aren’t Italians as obese as Americans? It’s not really what they eat

Italian food. Stock photo. Dreamstime. I had the great good fortune to spend the entire month of May in Italy. And if you’ve heard the reports of people going there on vacation, eating their way through the country, and miraculously coming home a few pounds lighter, I’m here to tell you it doesn’t always work out that way. Those folks, though, often come home scratching their head about why Italians are so much thinner than Americans. And, when …

Why aren’t Italians as obese as Americans? It’s not really what they eat. - 3 Quarks Daily

Tamar Haspel in The Washington Post: I had the great good fortune to spend the entire month of May in Italy. And if you’ve heard the reports of people going there on vacation, eating their way through the country, and miraculously coming home a few pounds lighter, I’m here to tell you it doesn’t always work out that way. Those folks, though, often come home scratching their head about why Italians are so much thinner than Americans. And, when y…