(CBS)Â If you’ve ever wondered how French women stay slim while eating cheese, bread, and drinking wine, the book “French Women Don’t Get Fat” has the answers.
Author Mireille Guiliano visits The Early Show to share slimming secrets French women have known for years.
Consider this, only 11 percent of French people are obese compared to 30 percent of Americans who are 30 pounds heavier than a healthy weight. And the reason is not because French women smoke more. The percentage of female French smokers is not much greater compared to the number of Americans who smoke according to the American Cancer Society.