I am willing to bet that they still exercise more (they don't drive everywhere) and eat smaller portions than americans do.
Actually they seem to exercise (as in work out specifically to stay in shape) less. However their lifestyles are more active in general. Yes there is more walking, and in the Netherlands lots of biking and climbing stairs. I can handle the stairs part (no need for stairmaster here) but the biking makes me sick. I have no idea how these guys bike so many miles to and from work everyday, even in the nastiest wind and rain.
As far as eating smaller portions... not from what I've seen.
I should probably note that in the news around here the Dutch are starting to grow statistically wider, and the Germans have supposedly reached and exceeded US mass.
(It's also a myth that properly deep-fried food is more fatty than sauteed food. If you keep the temperature levels correct, it's just about the same)
Yeah, now you just gave me an excuse.
holmes
"...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)