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In reply to the discussion: Newly Approved Drug Heralded As 'Game Changer' In The Growing National Obesity Crisis [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)Welcome to DU (your second post).
I'm speculating that there isn't much regulation. I think how Europe does it, is by respecting food and eating, in so many ways. From what I know of European culture, some things stand out.
I have heard that they do not understand how Americans could even think of eating while walking.
Food and cooking are more appreciated as arts. Not "fine dining out", but on a two or three times daily engagement. Food is bought more frequently, closer to home, fresher, more locally produced and baked, more likely to be bought in specialty small businesses. Cooking is more likely to be shared rather than solitary, more likely to be more complex. Eating is more likely to be together and take longer.
Of course these are generalizations for which I will be corrected quickly ("supermarkets are an infestation on the landscape of Europe!" ).
And also, of course, obesity is growing in Europe too, especially for some reason the UK.