I lived in Italy for a few years (Northern). Generally the portions of pasta that you ate were relatively small. You also ate a lot of fish, stews, and vegetabl

I lived in Italy for a few years (Northern). Generally the portions of pasta that you ate were relatively small. You also ate a lot of fish, stews, and vegetables. In regions of Italy that DO eat mostly carb loaded diets (like Sicily) there has been a relatively long running obesity issue. Walking is important, and it's a great thing. But even walking several miles a day does little to combat obesity when you're offsetting it with thousands of calories of carb-loaded food every day.