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ROME (Reuters) - Most Italians feel more guilty about
over-eating than they do about cheating on their
partners, a survey has found, suggesting that people
in Casanova's native land care more about staying slim
than staying faithful.

The survey, by psychology magazine Riza Psicosomatica,
found that excessive eating and spending topped the
list of what people considered the most guilt-inducing
vices.

Sexual infidelity came bottom of the list of the
magazine's 'seven deadly sins', behind neglecting
friends and family, failing at work and not looking
after one's physique.

The survey of some 1,000 Italians aged 25-55 found
that religion played little part in determining what
made people feel guilty, despite Italy's Roman
Catholic traditions.

Only 7 percent of those questioned said religious
rules induced guilt. The most powerful drivers of
guilty feelings were the judgment of loved ones or the
disapproval of society as a whole.

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Wow. That's something I wouldn't have expected. I know that typically our views of marriage and fidelity are more puritanical than some other cultures, but to see "over-eating" above infidelity on that list is a real suprise.

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Surprises me, too, WI. That religion came in low doesn't surprise me. I've heard or read (not sure which) that Europe has become far more secular than the US.