Why is Gen Z so obese?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because they were raised on screens and are still sitting and on screens almost non stop? My teenager finds it practically impossible to get his friends to do anything but game. He skates, is in sports, has limited screens, etc but his friends are online almost all the time.

While lack of physical activity is some of it, the biggest contributor is the food they're eating. Can't outrun the fork.

Obviously it's the food, for the younger kids. As they get older, it becomes screens, but for younger kids, they are eating more/too much. Why?

Because the whole day is built around food. There are snacks at school, snacks after school, snacks after sports, just snacks all day long. After soccer games kids are supposed to get a bag of snacks and there's a snack sign up to make sure nobody forgets. Must include things like Doritos, gatorade, apple sauce and a clementine to make it not look like all junk. WTH. Stop with the snack sign ups team organizers! I'll feed my kids, you feed yours.

[Anonymous]

They have lazy millennial parents.

[Anonymous]

They all need weekly glp1 shots.

[Anonymous]

Our food is junk.

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Gen Z are the fattest kids in US history, which is going to carry down through adulthood. By 2035, over 55% of US adults will be obese. Yes, we know food is a contributor, but what else is making Gen Z so obese? Do we need national fitness camp requirments? The country will not be able to sustain the costs associated with all the diseases that occur because of obesity.

I don’t know, it’s starting to feel like healthcare and pharmaceutical are the only remaining viable industries in this country. Maybe it’s all by design.

And national fitness camp? The will just isn’t there. They don’t even have PE past tenth grade, and what constitutes physical education up to that point is a complete joke. Even in elementary school, kids don’t go outside for recess if the weather is any less than perfect, and even then it’s like 15 minutes long.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They have lazy millennial parents.

Huh? Gen Z spans mid 90s through 2010. Millennials had kids when they were 10 years old? Gen Z is a product of Boomers and Gen X. Millennials birthed Gen Alpha.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They have lazy millennial parents.

Huh? Gen Z spans mid 90s through 2010. Millennials had kids when they were 10 years old? Gen Z is a product of Boomers and Gen X. Millennials birthed Gen Alpha.

I’m a millennial, most of my kids are Z, 1 alpha.

[Anonymous]

MAGA parents

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Anonymous wrote:They were born into the body positivity movement where they were nearly praised for being fat and happy.

This. They do not care that their rolls are hanging out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They have lazy millennial parents.

Huh? Gen Z spans mid 90s through 2010. Millennials had kids when they were 10 years old? Gen Z is a product of Boomers and Gen X. Millennials birthed Gen Alpha.

I’m a millennial, most of my kids are Z, 1 alpha.

Only a small fraction of Gen Z have millennial parents. Those are the oldest millennials . The lions share of Gen Z have boomer and Gen Z pareats. Every single one of my cousins who are Gen Z has a younger boomer or Gen X parent.

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^ Gen X parents*

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Anonymous wrote:They were born into the body positivity movement where they were nearly praised for being fat and happy.

I think society is having a hard time finding the sweet spot of preventing Eating Disorders and preventing obesity.

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Millennial is 1981-1996
Gen Z is 1997-2012
Gen Alpha is 2013 to 2025

The very oldest millennial would have had to have had a kid before 31 to have birthed a Gen Z kid. Most millennials have Gen Alpha kids. Gen Z is mostly kids of Gen X.

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Anonymous wrote:Millennial is 1981-1996
Gen Z is 1997-2012
Gen Alpha is 2013 to 2025

The very oldest millennial would have had to have had a kid before 31 to have birthed a Gen Z kid. Most millennials have Gen Alpha kids. Gen Z is mostly kids of Gen X.

Gen Z is also the most ethnically diverse generation. I’d like to see the obesity stats by race and SES.

[Anonymous]

Snacking culture needs to go away and we need to get back to eating dinner as a family.

I grew up in an obese family and was never happy with my body. DH and I have been so careful to feed our kids healthy food, less snacks and more activity (family walks and bike rides). I'm sure my kids will have trauma in other ways, but I'm so grateful my kids can just play and not hate their bodies how I did because they aren't chubby. They never turn down pool party invitations and love going to the beach.