Where have all the chubby Swedes gone?

As I’m sitting in the library café, sipping on my latte and eating my brownie with a scoop of delicious whipped cream, I’m thinking: Is Swedish diet really that much better than the American?? I mean, yes, we Americans are known for being chubby and loving our fast food, but the gigantic line at the register that is forming right next to my table (where delicious cakes and sandwiches are being sold)proves that Swedes love their junk food too. They are the biggest consumers of “Goodies”, the Swedish word for candy, in the world. Candy stores are found everywhere and you can chose from chocolate covered raisins, to all types of chocolate and caramel…all formed in bite size, ready for the road pieces. You can choose different types of candy and stuff them in a little bag and start munching. And as my brownie proves which by the way is heavenly delicious, they put a gigantic scoop of whipped cream on cakes, brownies and pies.
This makes me think: Why aren’t then Swedish people as obese as Americans? They are not lacking the McDonald's or Burger Kings and they love their food as much as we do…if not even more! I truly believe that the answer is the fact that they move much more than we do. Since I came to Sweden little more than a month ago, I have traveled by car maybe four times. Every time it was a distance of 100 miles or more, so I couldn’t walk nor bike. Every other destination I have, I can get to by foot or bike. I think that this is how they do it, eating and not gaining weight…by moving!:)Back in the states, there were few times that I walked somewhere. I went to work by car, drove to school and even the grocery store was too far away for me to walk or bike. As I look out of the window here in the library, I can see a bike parking lot that is full. A car parking lot does not exist-or at least I don’t see it! There are lots of people biking and walking.
The other thing is that most Swedish people I know do some sort of sport. I mean even I have started to do shoot-fighting, a type of martial arts. It’s fun, you meet people, get some exercise and avoid being in the house. And trust me; being in the house in Sweden is pretty depressing: You look out of the window and you are consumed by grayness and rain. I am starting to see the phenomenon more and more as Fall is getting closer!