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Why are people so fat now compared to just 30 years ago?
Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:47 pm
Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:47 pm
What is so different now compared to 1990 when it comes to eating?
There was fast food in 1990. McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, Burger King, etc. Junk food existed. It has to be a cultural change, right? What changed?
There was fast food in 1990. McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, Burger King, etc. Junk food existed. It has to be a cultural change, right? What changed?
This post was edited on 9/1/21 at 7:49 pm
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Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:48 pm to PrimeTime Money
Technology allows more people to sit and work (and eat).
Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:48 pm to PrimeTime Money
Technology has made people incredibly lazy. Instead of going to the library, shmucks can just sit on the couch and Google shite. And many kids don’t play outside anymore.. just side inside and game
Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:50 pm to PrimeTime Money
Seed oils are a huge factor. They're in everything now.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:50 pm to sweetwaterbilly
quote:People used to drive to the library. It’s not like they were running there.
Technology has made people incredibly lazy. Instead of going to the library, shmucks can just sit on the couch and Google shite. And many kids don’t play outside anymore.. just side inside and game
And forget the kids, adults are fat now too. 30+ year olds grew up playing outside as kids. But they’re way fatter now than 30 year olds were in 1990.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:51 pm to PrimeTime Money
Food Network and Instagram feeds.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:51 pm to PrimeTime Money
Fast food is a scapegoat. People have always ate unhealthy. The reason is we are lazy as frick these days mainly due to the advancement of technology. These days you really don’t even have to leave your home to do whatever you want
Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:51 pm to PrimeTime Money
I used to walk 10 miles uphill both ways in the snow to the library baw
Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:53 pm to Mo Jeaux
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Seed oils are a huge factor. They're in everything now.
that is one of key things that has changed and now it is almost everything.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:53 pm to PrimeTime Money
Simple answer - HFCS
Complex answer - HFCS and other highly processed foods and lack of exercise.
ETA - baby boomer here. The most common option for a Coca Cola was a 6-1/2 ounce bottle full of cane sugar. After one you'd had enough. Now we've graduated to 64 ounce Big Gulps. Is that really a good thing?
Complex answer - HFCS and other highly processed foods and lack of exercise.
ETA - baby boomer here. The most common option for a Coca Cola was a 6-1/2 ounce bottle full of cane sugar. After one you'd had enough. Now we've graduated to 64 ounce Big Gulps. Is that really a good thing?
This post was edited on 9/1/21 at 8:25 pm
Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:55 pm to PrimeTime Money
Mosquitos.
Massive corporate farming with pesticides have killed many of their natural predators. The increase in mosquito population has cause a lot more people to stay inside cause the bug spray don't work. I'm rocking 50 percent deet and had to come inside cause I was getting attacked... This leads to people not spending as much time outdoors and thus getting fat.
Massive corporate farming with pesticides have killed many of their natural predators. The increase in mosquito population has cause a lot more people to stay inside cause the bug spray don't work. I'm rocking 50 percent deet and had to come inside cause I was getting attacked... This leads to people not spending as much time outdoors and thus getting fat.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:56 pm to PrimeTime Money
Processed foods supplying a middle and lower class that get a lot of breaks and have access to more than ever.
Lack of willpower essentially.
Lack of willpower essentially.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:56 pm to PrimeTime Money
1. Screen use in all of its forms.
2. Crap food that was more for special occasions or going out for once a week has become every day food.
3. I bet if you could measure it, people are drinking a lot more calories, which is a big factor for immobile people spending half their waking hours in front of a screen.
2. Crap food that was more for special occasions or going out for once a week has become every day food.
3. I bet if you could measure it, people are drinking a lot more calories, which is a big factor for immobile people spending half their waking hours in front of a screen.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:56 pm to PrimeTime Money
Before double stuf they only had diet Oreos
Posted on 9/1/21 at 7:57 pm to PrimeTime Money
Duh, the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers are making us fat. Maps don't lie.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 8:00 pm to PrimeTime Money
I drink a lot more beer now than I did 30yrs ago. That’s my story.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 8:01 pm to Unobtanium
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Simple answer - HFCS
Complex answer - HFCS and other highly processed foods and lack of exercise.
Yes.
90% of fructose gets converted to fat whereas only 10% of glucose (aka, dextrose) gets converted to fat (in the liver). Fructose is in everything. It is also a leptin blocker. Leptin is a hormone that makes you feel full.
FWIW, ethanol and fructose are processed the same in the liver. 90% converted to fat. However the difference between ethanol and fructose is, ethanol you get feedback. You get too drunk and stop drinking (most of us anyway). With fructose you just move on to the next sweet thing. Kids probably eat enough fructose in one day that is equivalent to drinking a six pack of beer.
This post was edited on 9/1/21 at 8:03 pm
Posted on 9/1/21 at 8:01 pm to PrimeTime Money
This is also happening, albeit to a lesser extent, in third world countries with less access to processed food and labor saving technology. In fact, studies have shown that a person today with the same diet and exercise habits of a person 30 years would still be fatter. There are several theories for this. I'm not sure which if any I buy.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 8:02 pm to PrimeTime Money
Internet.
HFCS
Fat acceptance.
HFCS
Fat acceptance.
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