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French fight back against fat-fuelled culture: It seems France is falling victim to a global obesity epidemic driven by fatty foods, but help is at hand thanks to the work of interprofessional bodies like Interfel
THE image of the overweight American is a stereotype now recognised all over the world. Years of nutrient-free school dinners and high-fat diets have ensured the UK has also earned its place in the international league table of obesity. But the French? Surely they are renowned for the best cuisine in the world? Perhaps not any more. The triumphal rise of processed food and a decline in fresh produce consumption are threatening to send obesity rates in France soaring. Pascale Hebel, director of the consumption department at French research organisation Credoc (the Research Centre for the Study and Observation of Lifestyles), told delegates at last April's stonefruit industry conference Europech' that French household spending on fruits and vegetables had dipped from 20.1 per cent oftotalfood bills in 1995 to just 16.1 per cent in 2004, whilst consumption levels had fallen by 16 per cent for fruits and 15 per cent for vegetables between 1999 and 2003.
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