French Women Don't Get Fat

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French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure (ISBN 0-09-948132-4) is a book by Mireille Guiliano, which claims to explain why French women eating in the traditional way are less inclined to be obese than Americans. It has been translated into 37 languages, with 42 foreign editions, sold over one million copies, and was a New York Times #1 bestseller.^{[1][citation needed]}

Her advice includes smaller portion size, savoring food to increase the feeling of satisfaction, choosing a small amount of high quality food rather than larger amounts of low quality food, and taking plenty of liquid such as water, herbal tea, and soup.

Contents 1 Author 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Author

The author, Mireille Guiliano, was the president and CEO of Veuve Clicquot until she retired on January 1, 2007.

[edit] See also

• French Paradox
• Mediterranean diet

[edit] References

1. ^ Mireille Guiliano

[edit] External links

• French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret to Eating For Pleasure, by Mireille Guiliano - author's site
• Warning: food can make you fat (Guardian book review by Lucy Mangan)
• So which is the right diet for you? (Guardian book review by Amelia Hill)

Criticism

• French Women Don't Get Fat? More than 30% of them are obese
• Gawker.com: New York's worst bosses - Mireille Guiliano