On holiday in France I passed the local primary school, where I saw the weeks' menu posted. Last Friday for lunch they had:
Tomato and chive salad
Filet of Hoki (fish) with sorrel
Gouda
Williams Pears
School children are given an hour and a half to eat their lunch, as indeed are adults, and shops all close at lunchtime: eating is a serious business in France.
In France dietary levels of trans-fats, sugars, processed foods and low-fat products are low, while variety, freshness and above all pleasure in food are valued.
This culture of healthy eating largely explains the ' French Paradox', whereby the French experience far lower levels of death from heart disease, despite a diet high in (natural) saturated fat.