From here to obesity
18 JAN 2008 – Regular readers may have noticed that I like to criticise my adoptive country, but if French politics is something I love to hate, the French lifestyle has my unreserved support (provided it doesn't result from government subsidies, such as threatening to shut down Amazon.fr).

In terms of public health, France is also fortunate in several ways: thanks to a fast-growing private sector, deficiencies in government hospitals may be compensated, and most people enjoy additional, private health insurance on top of the compulsory coverage. Further, although health officials gave alarmist signals over the last couple of years, especially on child obesity, according to recent studies France, along with Japan, is the least troubled country in this respect.

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