Don,

I gave a talk for a conference organized by Dr. George Mann's Veritas Society
in November 1991, and then wrote the chapter for George Mann's book of this
conference, which was published in 1993 in the UK.  The data for fat intake in
France match your understanding completely.  Less trans in the diet, more
animal fat in the diet, and the French regulations do not allow frying in
partially hydrogenated fats or for that matter deep frying in either soy or canola
oils.

Mary Enig