[dukeofdoom]

Did they test Wheat. I'm convinced something is up with the Wheat here. I've not seen Europeans gain anywhere near as much weight from eating bread as people do here. From my experience visiting Paris, croissants, butter and pastries pretty common on the menu. But still people are still pretty skinny in comparison. And like Pasta in Italy is a staple. Yet still, lower BMI there.

[refurb]

Nothing special about the wheat, it's the amount Americans are eating that is the problem.

When I lived in Asia I was amazed how skinny everyone was! Most people ate street vendor food which was mostly carbs and very little vegetables or protein.

The answer was...portion sizes! Even manual labor workers ate a lunch that was maybe 500 kcal. Total daily caloric intake rarely went over 2,000. While Americans average 3,600.

[attentive]

I think EU (at least some countries) bans glyphosate and tightly regulate other pesticide and herbicide usage on their wheat.

[knowaveragejoe]

It probably has as much to do with their portion sizes as it does the actual wheat. Not to mention wildly different activity levels(people actually walk places far more often in the EU than they do in the US)

[kridsdale1]

American bakers use more sugar.