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Originally Posted by Andi /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well in Austria it´s common to eat a salad with lunch, as a starter. Or often a soup. Those things are low in calories and fill you up before the main course, so you´re not starving by then and pig out and get 2 plates.And people will very rarely drink soda with it, we usually drink water or fruit juice.
Restaurant food-compared to the US:
portions are MUCH smaller, the desserts are not as high in calories, and just as as home we usually order a salad before anything else.
Fast food is not widely available and it´s not as cheap as in the US. Most people also barely have any snacks at the house (like chips, popcorn, chocolate), that´s still considered "special".
For most people in Europe it´s the thing that those "extras" were too expensive before. Also the meals they served in kindergarden were always healthy. Lots of vegetables etc, and you´d only get dessert if you finished your vegetables.
Well what do I eat? I actually eat a lot more than you´d think. I have a naturally fast metabolism so I have to eat every 3 hours or else I´d get shaky and cranky. That allows me to always have a somewhat full stomach and I barely ever pig out and eat plate after plate. I like to eat healhty (with the exception of desserts of any kind lol) so there´s no chips, frozen pizza, soda or fruit juices at my house. I try to make all my snacks ealthy, and just add honey to a fruit salad for added sweetness.
Basically we have the same thing here - as well as on Europe, snacks only came to our market and became cheaper on the last 17 years
I was just giving an example on the boston market - i was in NY , so i managed to eat food food (instead of fast food) but there's many other places that you don't manage to find food food easily
EDIT: bottom line is - habits. If USA wants to be thinner, people have to change their habits since their kids are little... Like i was watching one of Jamie Oliver's series (one that showed the food on public schools at UK - which in terms of habits is fairly similar to USA) and many kids haven't never actually eat REAL chicken, just nuggets and they refused to eat the chicken that Jamie Oliver offered on the school.
Restaurant food-compared to the US:
portions are MUCH smaller, the desserts are not as high in calories, and just as as home we usually order a salad before anything else.
Fast food is not widely available and it´s not as cheap as in the US. Most people also barely have any snacks at the house (like chips, popcorn, chocolate), that´s still considered "special".
For most people in Europe it´s the thing that those "extras" were too expensive before. Also the meals they served in kindergarden were always healthy. Lots of vegetables etc, and you´d only get dessert if you finished your vegetables.
Well what do I eat? I actually eat a lot more than you´d think. I have a naturally fast metabolism so I have to eat every 3 hours or else I´d get shaky and cranky. That allows me to always have a somewhat full stomach and I barely ever pig out and eat plate after plate. I like to eat healhty (with the exception of desserts of any kind lol) so there´s no chips, frozen pizza, soda or fruit juices at my house. I try to make all my snacks ealthy, and just add honey to a fruit salad for added sweetness.
Basically we have the same thing here - as well as on Europe, snacks only came to our market and became cheaper on the last 17 years
I was just giving an example on the boston market - i was in NY , so i managed to eat food food (instead of fast food) but there's many other places that you don't manage to find food food easily
EDIT: bottom line is - habits. If USA wants to be thinner, people have to change their habits since their kids are little... Like i was watching one of Jamie Oliver's series (one that showed the food on public schools at UK - which in terms of habits is fairly similar to USA) and many kids haven't never actually eat REAL chicken, just nuggets and they refused to eat the chicken that Jamie Oliver offered on the school.