I have a theory about overweight in Italy

I have a theory (which is of course without any scientific base), that the reason Italians haven’t completely the same problems with Obesity (overweight) as the rest of the western world, is because a normal conversation is as we do it, is not just a process of interchanging word among people, but more a dance accompanied with stream of words in multiple levels of intensity. As boring it can be to look at danish politicians talking with their hands on the podium, without any feeling of or motivation, as lively it is to see Italians shout their meanings while throwing around hands, arms and even body to further their opinion.

This conversation dance is also very nice to observe when an eager Italian speaks on the phone, because the fact that the opposing part of the conversation is on the other end of a phone, doesn’t discriminate most Italians, so this dance is made often while in a bus or just simply walking on the street.

The back side of this problem is that when driving a car, one fast run out of hands. Here in Italy people are by law required to use hands free phone sets, but instead of providing more safety it seems that this only enlarges the problem, since without restriction it seems that it only provide an extra hand to draw the conversation and not (as the purpose of the law) enable the driver to use both hands to drive.

It is great to be among Italians.