re: When did obesity really become an epidemic?

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Today, we expect every meal to be a feast. At home, we pile our plates and restaurants would serve huge portions. Daily, we are eating more calories than we can burn, and we gain weight.

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I don’t disagree but in the south, 50 years ago, people were still eating fried foods and pies. South has always been kind of known to go all out with eating, but back then, most everyone was still lean. It’s just people moved and did manual labor. Even at home when you worked in the yard it was more labor. Now people have riding mowers for the 1/4 acre plot, hire a maid to clean the house, and sit on their couch. Even country living isn’t near about what it use to be. Go to someone’s house out in the woods and kids are still staring at screens all day along mom and dad doing the same thing.

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but in the south, 50 years ago, people were still eating fried foods and pies. South has always been kind of known to go all out with eating, but back then, most everyone was still lean. It’s just people moved and did manual labor. Even at home when you worked in the yard it was more labor. Now people have riding mowers for the 1/4 acre plot, hire a maid to clean the house, and sit on their couch. Even country living isn’t near about what it use to be. Go to someone’s house out in the woods and kids are still staring at screens all day along mom and dad doing the same thing

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all of this

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I don’t disagree but in the south, 50 years ago, people were still eating fried foods and pies.

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Even then, they likely ate less processed carbs and drank less soft drinks than today. A few hundred less calories per day over the decades makes all the difference.

There was an ad on TV circa 1995 where it was claimed that "when pizza's on a bagel, you can eat pizza any time!"

I remember thinking, no... that doesn't sound right at all.

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The food we eat hasn’t changed all that much . What has is portion sizes , the amount we eat, and our sedentary life we live now.

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The food has changed so much that there's little nutritional value to it. I'm talking about a mainstream, standard American diet. We used to have nutrient rich foods full of fat that would satiate your body and thus, needing small portions to fill up. The standard american is now fat and poorly nourished.

Interesting.

when unhealthy food became cheaper than healthy food.

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I don’t disagree but in the south, 50 years ago, people were still eating fried foods and pies

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Yes they were but they used beef tallow, lard, real butter etc. not the seed oils used today. It makes a difference.

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when unhealthy food became cheaper than healthy food.

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You don’t need to eat kale and organic foods to be healthy. You just need to not stuff your face with McDonald’s, Pop Tarts, Hot Pockets and M&M’s.

Chicken, rice, veggies, beans, etc are all very cheap.

A #1 at McDonald’s is way more expensive than a healthy home-cooked meal.

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The food we eat hasn’t changed all that much .

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This isn’t really true.