This is a little bit harsh but true:
“First of all, not every Frenchwoman is a chic sylph — one recent study found that France is on track to match U.S. obesity levels by 2020. And second, we all know the slender Frenchie’s real secret: le smoking!”
To check out the rest of the article: Are French Women Really Sexier Than American Women?
My French mother- in- law was very overweight, shrill, ill- mannered, had no interest in cooking well, washed her hair maybe once a month, never wore makeup or perfume , and confined her conversation to nasty gossip about people she envied- which was most of the neighbourhood. A credit to France she most emphatically was not!