why is Gen z so fat and out of shape?

[Anonymous]

It's very simple:

Screens
Overly processed food/DoorDash/Starbucks...all the BS "food" that's at their fingertips
We're not allowed to tell our teens to eat less/be more active when they're looking chunky because that's body-shaming

I live in a college-town outside of the DC area and I can't get over how these college kids and what they wear showing off their huge butts and fat bellies. Nobody was walking around like that when I was in college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So we’re talking ages 12 to 27? OP’s observations don’t match what I see at my kids HS, my work, or the gym.

A 12-27 is probably at a gym precisely because they have weight problems.

When I was 27, I was in great shape because I was very active with outdoor activities with friends. Catch me slaving away on gym equipment. No way!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we’re talking ages 12 to 27? OP’s observations don’t match what I see at my kids HS, my work, or the gym.

Your observations don’t mean squat. Epidemiological data shows 50% of all U.S. adults will be obese by 2030. Gen Z is the fattest generation in U.S. history.

Will “have obesity.” Get your language right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP stop it now.

Your generalization is absurd.

No this generation is not heavier than yours shut up .

Find something else for your brain cells.

Oops! Too late. OP probably only uses the few brain cells they have to congratulate themselves on how fit they are and judge others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we’re talking ages 12 to 27? OP’s observations don’t match what I see at my kids HS, my work, or the gym.

A 12-27 is probably at a gym precisely because they have weight problems.

When I was 27, I was in great shape because I was very active with outdoor activities with friends. Catch me slaving away on gym equipment. No way!

I don't think that’s right. I’m Gen X and lots of my friends and I went to the gym all the time in our late teens and 20s. None of us were overweight.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think it’s generational - there are just a really lot of fat people in the US these days. It surprised me that every single person in the pictures of the devastation in Asheville I’ve seen has been morbidly obese (all different ages). I always thought of Asheville as a Colorado-ish kind of mountain town where everyone’s outside a lot. I think it’s screens and the terrible diet that is accepted as mainstream (it’s hard to go against it when that stuff is everywhere).

[Anonymous]

It’s truly shocking how overweight they are and how they don’t gaf about it.

[Anonymous]

It's become acceptable to be fat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I manage teams of Gen Zers and they’re either jacked (much more than men my age were) or obese. There is very little middle ground.

I've seen this as well. My DS's and their friends are all into working out, which I think is great. I actually lift weights with my 17yo a couple times a week and on the other days he does it by himself or with friends

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's very simple:

Screens
Overly processed food/DoorDash/Starbucks...all the BS "food" that's at their fingertips
We're not allowed to tell our teens to eat less/be more active when they're looking chunky because that's body-shaming

I live in a college-town outside of the DC area and I can't get over how these college kids and what they wear showing off their huge butts and fat bellies. Nobody was walking around like that when I was in college.

One thing I have noticed on this board is the successful, UMC dismissal of the importance of actually preparing real food for one’s family. Way more important for both parents to always be hustling to make as much money as possible. Why bake bread when you can buy it? Why cook a meal when you can get takeout? Why prepare your teenager’s dinner when they can eat a peanut butter sandwich or a bowl of Cheerios. (And this is not meant as a SAHM vs WOHM debate. My parents worked but also prioritized cooking for the family with actual real food. My generation seems to have completely different priorities from my observations.)

So if the kids these days don’t think that what they’re putting in their bodies matters, that’s on the generation before them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's become acceptable to be fat.

No it’s not. That lie is obvious with Wegovy and Ozempic and the rush to get the drugs to not be fat anymore. They never liked being fat and can’t wait to be thin. The jig us up with the fat acceptance push.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's become acceptable to be fat.

No it’s not. That lie is obvious with Wegovy and Ozempic and the rush to get the drugs to not be fat anymore. They never liked being fat and can’t wait to be thin. The jig us up with the fat acceptance push.

Are you Gen z though? Generally, millennials or gen x don’t think it’s acceptable to be obese. Gen z does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's become acceptable to be fat.

No it’s not. That lie is obvious with Wegovy and Ozempic and the rush to get the drugs to not be fat anymore. They never liked being fat and can’t wait to be thin. The jig us up with the fat acceptance push.

Are you Gen z though? Generally, millennials or gen x don’t think it’s acceptable to be obese. Gen z does.

Just wait until Gen Z is in the real world and has their own money. Fat will never be in.

[Anonymous]

PP that said microplastics is totally right. Along with the hormones in the water and the other chemicals. And antibiotics in food. Their gut biome is totally shot and that’s one of the biggest factors for weight gain.

I disageee its screens or sugar. I grew up in the 70s. We ate dessert every day. We brought Ring Dings and Little Debbie cakes for lunch. We had soda and candy bar vending machines at high school and ice cream sold at all the cafeterias. We ate sugar! And then we came home and watched 7 hours of TV until bed. No one was putting us in soccer teams or karate classes or getting us gym membership. No one jogged.

My gen z kids are in very good shape — they do sports and go to the gym and I refuse to drive them places so they walk or ride their bike. But as a demographic these kids have two strikes against them because of the chemicals in their food and water.

[Anonymous]

I just don't understand how people lack any vanity at all whatsoever. It's not just their weight, but people walk around in pajamas, act with no courtesy or kindness. We are all just trash people now.