There isn’t any.<\/p>\n
Well, I was thinking of stopping after that first sentence, but I better explain myself a bit, huh? I was sitting in a restaurant in Deland–a small town nearby–today and having lunch. We were looking out of the window at all of the people and I noticed a chubby girl. Quite chubby actually, and I’m trying to be nice here. But one thing I did notice in Poland, and that was the lack of overweight people.\u00a0Now, I have all sympathy for those who fight the weight battle–I myself have fought this battle to a very mild extent (OK, i was only about 20# overweight, but\u00a0it still took some effort to lose that!). But when\u00a0in Poland I was struck by the lack of overweight\u00a0people. I\u00a0just didn’t see any. Now maybe a\u00a0few older\u00a0people here and there who had let a few extra pounds go\u00a0“down south,” but by and large, Polish people seem quite fit and trim. And healthy\u00a0(outside of all the smoking, but that’s another story).\u00a0<\/p>\n
So why the lack of overweight\u00a0people in Poland? I don’t know the answer. Maybe healthy eating for one thing. Maybe a lack of a lot of fast food for another (though I did see McDonald’s, KFC, and Subway there, but not\u00a0all that often).\u00a0Maybe because they tend to have less\u00a0cars and walk more? I really don’t know.\u00a0But it sure seemed like a very healthy place. Oh, and I noticed that the Coke there\u00a0did\u00a0not have HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) in it, it had real\u00a0sugar, and it tasted better because of it!<\/p>\n
So, if you know the answer to\u00a0this question: “Why are there so few overweight people in Poland?” I’d appreciate your posting the answer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There isn’t any. Well, I was thinking of stopping after that first sentence, but I better explain myself a bit, huh? I was sitting in a restaurant in Deland–a small town nearby–today and having lunch. We were looking out of … Continue reading