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re: How common was obesity in the past?
Posted on 8/31/20 at 1:11 pm to Mithridates6
Posted on 8/31/20 at 1:11 pm to Mithridates6
quote:The skyrocket in obesity in this country tracks nearly perfectly with when the gubment codified the infamous "food pyramid" - which suggested the "base" be formed by 8-11 servings of carbs per day (all while foisting soybean oil on them as the primary oil.)
How common was obesity in the past?
Was it uncommon to see really obese people before ~ the late 1980s? I've heard this before but thought it was improbable because when I look at what people before then ate and drank it was pretty damn unhealthy (fried chicken, white bread, canned foods, soft drinks, etc); however, I guess they did enough walking for a moderate caloric deficit
Posted on 8/31/20 at 1:13 pm to Mithridates6
Judging by my class pictures and yearbooks from the 1970s and 1980’s, - almost non existent. Looks like a lot of kids were chubby though- right before puberty- like 6th grade. I Had one person in my senior class of 100 who maybe would be considered obese.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 1:20 pm to Mithridates6
there have always been fatass people throughout....see cajunbama for current version
Posted on 8/31/20 at 1:35 pm to SEClint
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fast food boom & high fructose syrup boom
This is exactly correct.
Coca Cola switched from sugar to High Fructose Corn Syrup in the US in 1985. It's been all downhill since.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 2:25 pm to Mithridates6
Colorado currently has the lowest obesity rates (23%) in the US. Colorado's current obesity rates would be the highest in the US in 1990 by 8 percentage points (Mississippi was the most obese state in 1990 at 15%).
This post was edited on 8/31/20 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 8/31/20 at 2:37 pm to Anfield Road
Portions at restaurants, especially fast food ones, have also gotten larger. In the 80's when McDonald's introduced the value meals, the fries and drink were a standard size equivalent to the small size of today. They only had 2 sizes in fries - small and large. The small came in the white paper holder, the large in the red cardboard holder. I think it was around 92 when they introduced the large and extra large size value meals. I seem to recall to get the Dream Team plastic cups during the 92 Olympics, you had to order the large extra value meal.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 2:50 pm to SEClint
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fast food boom
Have to give a shout out to the emergence of Starbucks, who has created their own subset of sugar addicts. Their regular customer base doesn't even understand how much shite ingredients they are consuming.
From humble beginnings it has morphed into an amalgamation of a candy store, ice cream shop, and coffee bar.
"I gotta have muh Starbucks!"... yeah of course you do, bc your Frappuccino or Chocolate Latte w/ Whipped Cream has 50g of sugar in it and you are addicted, fatty
Posted on 8/31/20 at 2:54 pm to Billy Mays
Can we talk about where fat acceptance and even celebration fits into the current trends?
As a society we seem to be promoting being a fat frick as something beautiful and healthy,
As a society we seem to be promoting being a fat frick as something beautiful and healthy,
Posted on 8/31/20 at 5:38 pm to TheSadvocate
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You just see A LOT more of them now because internets
Not true.
I don't remember when it started but, bet you could get a yearbook from any university and look at the cheerleaders. At one time there were no hefty cheer leaders. Now its common.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 5:40 pm to Mithridates6
Fat kids were made fun of or ostracized until they became the majority.
Now who’s laughing?
Now who’s laughing?
Posted on 8/31/20 at 5:58 pm to Big Scrub TX
quote:
The skyrocket in obesity in this country tracks nearly perfectly with when the gubment codified the infamous "food pyramid" - which suggested the "base" be formed by 8-11 servings of carbs per day (all while foisting soybean oil on them as the primary oil.)
I agree. The push for more carbs. The injection of sugar into everything. Combined with people walking less. But the emphasis on eating carbs is criminal.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 5:59 pm to Mithridates6
Underrated factor: AC. You don't eat as much when it's hot as balls.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 6:00 pm to Billy Mays
As a kid I loved Delaware Punch. Someone gave me a 16oz bottle last week—hadn’t seen the stuff in forever and didn’t even know it was still made—and the nutrition label horrified me. I think it was 81 grams of sugar lol. I didn’t drink it and refused to even give it to my kids. Crazy.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 6:01 pm to Jim Rockford
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Underrated factor: AC. You don't eat as much when it's hot as balls.
Hadn’t thought of this but good point.
I wonder if there are some negative subtle health effects of being at a constant 72 degrees all the time. Doesn’t seem natural.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 7:26 pm to Mithridates6
Looking back at school pics, it was rare to see anyone significantly overweight. Hardly even any overweight period.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 7:50 pm to Mithridates6
High fat foods are not as unhealthy as high sugar foods. Animal fats feed the brain. Sugar feeds the waistline. You can thank big govt for pushing Americans toward more unhealthy diets.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 8:15 pm to Mithridates6
Depends...how common were SS checks and taxpayer-funded healthcare
Posted on 8/31/20 at 9:05 pm to biglego
I have been a low carb zealot for 13 years, it’s a reaction to the vilification of fat, but the truth lies in excess calories. For the first time in history we have rid the world of famine, so much so that it is the number one cause of death.
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