Obesity

Smaller food portions may explain the "French paradox"

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 8th, 2003

The "French paradox" - the perplexing disconnect between France's rich cuisine and slender population - can be explained in part by portions that are significantly smaller in French restaurants and supermarkets than in their American counterparts.

So say researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and CNRS in Paris, who compared the size of restaurant meals, single-serve foods and cookbook portions on both sides of the Atlantic.

"The French paradox is only a paradox if one assumes that dietary fat is the major cause of obesity and cardiovascular disease," said Paul Rozin, professor of psychology at Penn and lead author of a paper in the September...

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