"Before I came here so many people told me, “There are no fat people in Paris." But I think this..."

“Before I came here so many people told me, “There are no fat people in Paris." But I think this misses something more telling. There are “no" stunningly athletic people either. There just doesn’t seem to be much gusto for spending two-hours in the gym here. The people seem don’t seem very prone to our extremes. And they are not, to my eyes, particularly thin. They look like how I remember people looking in 1983. I suspect they look this way because of some things that strike me—the constant movement, the diet, the natural discomfort—are part of their culture.”



- Ta-Nehisi Coates, on health and diet in Paris. (via theatlantic)

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