Why is Gen Z so obese?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

SES is key I think. I go to a very diverse school and don't see a correlation with race. All of the kids from richer families are thin.

[Anonymous]

I never see any Obese Gen Z kids. I suspect it depends on neighborhood. Most teens I see are athletic and healthy.

[Anonymous]

My kids and their friends are all fit and athletic. They weren’t addicted to screens as children though. We also taught them to cook real food. MAHA Baby!

[Anonymous]

The title should say "Why are Gen Z and Gen Alpha so obese?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never see any Obese Gen Z kids. I suspect it depends on neighborhood. Most teens I see are athletic and healthy.

You have tunnel vision. Walk around the mall recently? There are so many obese teenagers and early 20s somethings. It is very apparent when you to other venues like amusement parks, beaches, or larger festivals. You can disagree all you want. The stats are the stats. Gen Z are the fattest youths in US history.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

SES is key I think. I go to a very diverse school and don't see a correlation with race. All of the kids from richer families are thin.

+1 it’s a low income and rural thing. You don’t see much severe obesity in DC, even in poorer communities. I live in Arlington and I very rarely see someone who is morbidly obese. Back home in my small town in NC? You can’t go anywhere without seeing it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never see any Obese Gen Z kids. I suspect it depends on neighborhood. Most teens I see are athletic and healthy.

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I don't see this that much. I see Millenials, Gen X and older as a whole, is much thinner in Europe than the U.S. The younger kids are still mostly thin with sports and youth, they cant get much thinner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

SES is key I think. I go to a very diverse school and don't see a correlation with race. All of the kids from richer families are thin.

+1 it’s a low income and rural thing. You don’t see much severe obesity in DC, even in poorer communities. I live in Arlington and I very rarely see someone who is morbidly obese. Back home in my small town in NC? You can’t go anywhere without seeing it.

No, even the regular, non-obese, high-SES teens here are smoother than teens used to be. Softer, larger.

[Anonymous]

Constant eating leads to insulin resistance. It’s hard to reverse but it’s possible. 2-3 meals a day and no snacks is a good start.

I am parent of a 20 year old and I laughed out loud when the rec soccer mom asked me to sign up to bring in an after game snack back when my son was little. He just at breakfast or lunch an hour before the game and he certainly doesn’t need a snack. Ridiculous. They aren’t marathon runners. They can trot around a soccer field for a while and not need to eat afterwards.

[Anonymous]

I still see way more fat boomers and gen x/millenials than Gen Z. All of my Gen Z kids are thin to normal. My gen alpha kids are thin. A lot of it has to do with genetics as I am naturally thin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

SES is key I think. I go to a very diverse school and don't see a correlation with race. All of the kids from richer families are thin.

+1 it’s a low income and rural thing. You don’t see much severe obesity in DC, even in poorer communities. I live in Arlington and I very rarely see someone who is morbidly obese. Back home in my small town in NC? You can’t go anywhere without seeing it.

You and I must go to very different places in DC and the closer suburbs. I see legions of fat black teens and especially 20 some things in the district. I see very fat Latino, children, teens, and young adults in the district and Prince Georges County.

I see roly-poly Asian kids around Rockville when I shop there. And I’m not sure their parents country of origin, but I’ll just say children whose families immigrated from the Middle East. The teen boys, especially plump in Fairfax County.

PP was right. Go spend some time at a large mall. Get away from the private school corridor on Wisconsin Avenue in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still see way more fat boomers and gen x/millenials than Gen Z. All of my Gen Z kids are thin to normal. My gen alpha kids are thin. A lot of it has to do with genetics as I am naturally thin.

Did you literally just say I look around my house and since I don’t see any fat young people inside the walls of my house, therefore this is not a problem in this generation?

[Anonymous]

I'm shocked at how big the kids are at our elementary school. It makes me sad thinking about the chubbiest kid when I was young is basically average now. We didn't have obese classmates, but now there definitely are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still see way more fat boomers and gen x/millenials than Gen Z. All of my Gen Z kids are thin to normal. My gen alpha kids are thin. A lot of it has to do with genetics as I am naturally thin.

That’s how aging works. 🙄

[Anonymous]

WOW! India and China are on the lowest end of obesity? I don't believe it.

Indian food habits have changed rapidly in the last decade with economic progress and access to American junk fast food...(unless they start boycotting American goods and put a stop to American junk food - Thanks to tRump).