I am under the same impression and Australia is another good example for the differences: both the US and Australia have large portions of Anglo-Saxon heritage, yet nutritional ideas developed much differently.

Yes, and then we are faced with the old question: should we hold companies responsible for what they sell or people for what they eat?

That reminds me of once buying an Armani shirt: I usually wear M in shirts, but even his L was tight on me. The good man seems to have the idea that men should be a bit anorexic 😀

That is very interesting about the US and Canada: they are practically next door to each other, have very many cultural similarities and yet there is this difference.

And true about Greece and Croatia. It maybe has to do with their concept of hospitality.

Heah cool! Should you visit, we’ll have too meet up! 🙂

Rest assured: you are one fit woman, no matter what the label says! 🙂

Of course, if one controlled how much food they ate at each meal, it would work to the advantage of the consumer.

But it seems from the results, that most people do not!

I live in Canada and when traveling to the States with my family as a kid, I could already see a difference.

I regularly go to Europe and never fail to notice 1) that portions are much smaller 2) people are much smaller as well!!! (Maybe that’s also because they walk and bike more – we North Americans take our car everywhere, it’s really bad!)

When visiting friends in France I was amazed at how little food they ate.

However, I also have friends in Greece and Croatia, who insist on you eating all your plate, after filling it with a ginormous portion. When you leave their place you have to roll yourself!!!