" U.S. ranked near and at the bottom in almost every heath indicator. That stunned us."

[graham4anything]

51. Why are the French not obese yet have the best food in the world?

Because they don't snack all day long.
Because they take REASONABLE portions, and don't refill the plates.
Because they don't drink 48 ounce sodas.
Because they do not eat fast food
Because there are no Walmarts.
Because they have the single best health care system in the world
Because they pay it forward
Because they don't whine about social security and medicaid because they don't have nor need it
Because they pay it foward
Because maybe they pay a little more when they are well and working
Then when they become ill, they get treated (in a very timely fashion) and when they heal, they go back to work.
Because doctors there are paid what the price is (reasonable) for a wage, but not based on forcing this more expensive but not needed work (why aren't doctors reigned in people's discussions about what to do?)
Because there are no bills when one goes to a doctor or a hospital. They are paid for
By the taxes they pay when working, paying them forward.

Because the French walk during the day

They are able to fit in and drive smart cars (thereby saving thousands on car costs, and gas yearly).

But more important- because they have a wellness program from day one, and because mental health is part of it. The French work hard, are anything but lazy(though America pictures them stereotypically otherwise) and because vacation time, and freeing the mind from the stress of work is taught to be important

and again
because they do not drink 48 ounce sodas, or ply their plates 10 feet high at some disgusting all you can eat that makes it so easy to become obese in America.

Yet their food is the best in the world. And very fattening, if eaten at America supersize portions.

BTW-I am a big fan of the ban on 48 ounce soda's in NYC.
How much damn soda does one need for a 90 minute movie, or a dinner?(with a full refill on top of it.)
It is enough to make 6 glasses to pass around.

It is also why they have MacDonalds in France, yet 90% of those that enter it, are tourists.
You can see anything you want in France, but very obese people are almost always tourists.

Yet the repubicantealibertarians would never want us eating like the French, being like the French, to them it is patriotic to be obese.
Wouldn't want the republicantealibertarians to say this is a "nanny state".