Politics aside, I agree with what RFJ Jr. says about better food in his hearing. Everyone says the food in Europe is different and we can see in the weight of the people, and even women don't get that fat.
Have you gone to Europe? Is the food that different?
Yes its much better for you. Even if you eat "like crap" the effects are very minimal in comparison to the US.
I was there for 3 weeks this summer and was eating anything and everything, lots of things that I typically wouldn't be eating when I am focused and working out normally and I thought I was going to come back weighing 10-15 lbs more and I actually came back 2 lbs lighter.
Why? Food quality. The EU does not allow US food to be imported and bans lot of additives and fillers allowed in the US.
If you take the exact same products made by the same company and look at the EU version versus the US version you will find the US version ingredient list is twice as long if not more.
That's a major problem because that is where the obesity epidemic is largely coming from. Sure, some of it is eating the food itself, but there is a reason why you almost never see obese people in Europe and when you do, it's usually American tourists.