M-gineering wrote:

I still get cultureshock when putting foot on US soil. McD. has a lot of
catching up to do over here
/Marten
(65-1.86)

This is the voice of experience speaking:

If the Netherlands wants to keep the weight of it's citizens down, the
best thing they can do is keep the standard of living up. Little money =
poor diet. If you have little money, $4 spent at McD to fill you up
looks better than $5-6 spent at the grocery store to do the same thing
even if the food is better from the store. Plus McD takes less time.

But if your central bank lets the the average citizen's standard of
living fall, the way it has fallen in the US over the last 40 years,
then you will see weight gains as citizens grab for the potatoes,
noodles and other cheap carbs to fill them up.