People also tend to be much more frank and will absolutely roast you when you start getting fat. Everyone under 30 eats the same shit as in any other western country, we don't make ratatouille and boeuf bourguignon every day, for example we are the EU country with the most mcdonald's
The French smoke and drink and eat crap food just like everyone else.
They just don't mess about in my experience. If you are fat, you are fat. You're not body positive, you're not big boned, you don't have a slow metabolism, you're not in a food desert, you're not even obese, you're just fat. Sort it out.
They're not afraid of calling a spade a spade.
It really is that simple when you aren't surrounded by enablers.
There are absolutely places, at least here in the U.S., where food deserts really are a thing though.
I live in the south and there are places here where you can't buy fresh produce for miles. I don't live in such a place but I've been to these kinds of places.
You'd find a way regardless of your fresh produce situation if everybody called you a lardass every day.
We're not talking about being healthy, we're talking about not being obese. You can absolutely lose weight eating awful shit every day; I'm doing it right now. In a fucked up way, it's easy. Look at calories in the drive-thru/on the wrapper and just stay below your target. That's what multiple people are saying in these comments -- they aren't necessarily being healthy, they are just not eating enough to become fat.
One can't buy fresh produce in my region of the world for the better part of a year (9-10 months) because of harsh climate combined with long distances from the ocean and major railroads, and we have almost no fat people at all. Vegetables and fruit are sold even in the middle of winter, but they're extremely expensive, more so than meat.
Eating frozen and/or low quality food will not make you fat. Especially stuff like frozen veg and chicken fillets.
You might have trouble if you literally only eat Cheetos and get no nutrients. You're more likely to become malnourished and sickly than obese that way.
Also, chest freezers exist, nothing is stopping you from driving and loading up the car/truck for a month or more. In the UK a 200 mile round trip would cost £30 or less in fuel, my understanding is that you Americans pay half of that.
The question ultimately comes down to whether you want it enough. I can already see the next gotcha being "what if you don't have a car" or something. Sure, if you are a waster then doing literally anything is hard, self fulfilling prophecy.
