Average American woman - new study

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This I definitely believe. Once I leave the DMV area, I end up looking downright skinny with my 5'4" 170 lb body.

I'm originally from the Bay Area, grew up in Socal coastal area, and when I moved to the DC area we went to a fair, and omg... I was shocked at how there were so many obese people.

Large metro areas tend to have less obese people. Once you get out of the large metro areas, it's really shocking.

[Anonymous]

Go to any area where the average income is under 70k. This is absolutely believable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This I definitely believe. Once I leave the DMV area, I end up looking downright skinny with my 5'4" 170 lb body.

I'm originally from the Bay Area, grew up in Socal coastal area, and when I moved to the DC area we went to a fair, and omg... I was shocked at how there were so many obese people.

Large metro areas tend to have less obese people. Once you get out of the large metro areas, it's really shocking.

Clever the way they used blue and red to demarcate the different areas here. Not subtle at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go to any area where the average income is under 70k. This is absolutely believable.

I’m from a city in the US where average household income is $40,000. You are correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Compare the Sidwell lunch menu to your local public and you have your answer. Add in food deserts, too.

I work in a Title 1 school and see what they serve the kids for free breakfast, lunch, and snack. All microwaved processed foods like hot dogs, cheesy pretzels, chocolate milk, nachos with cheese dip, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Compare the Sidwell lunch menu to your local public and you have your answer. Add in food deserts, too.

I work in a Title 1 school and see what they serve the kids for free breakfast, lunch, and snack. All microwaved processed foods like hot dogs, cheesy pretzels, chocolate milk, nachos with cheese dip, etc.

This is what they offer to ALL kids at ALL public schools now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Compare the Sidwell lunch menu to your local public and you have your answer. Add in food deserts, too.

I work in a Title 1 school and see what they serve the kids for free breakfast, lunch, and snack. All microwaved processed foods like hot dogs, cheesy pretzels, chocolate milk, nachos with cheese dip, etc.

This is what they offer to ALL kids at ALL public schools now.

Agree. My 6 year old loves all this junk they are serving to her at public kindergarten. So sad. No real kitchen, no real cooks. These kids have no chance to eat healthy anywhere really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Compare the Sidwell lunch menu to your local public and you have your answer. Add in food deserts, too.

I work in a Title 1 school and see what they serve the kids for free breakfast, lunch, and snack. All microwaved processed foods like hot dogs, cheesy pretzels, chocolate milk, nachos with cheese dip, etc.

This is what they offer to ALL kids at ALL public schools now.

The food is definitely terrible, but the parents contribute to make it even worse. I was giving my kids a small pack of goldfish and a banana for snack. Their friends are almost uniformly bringing skittles, pockies, gummy bears, and other bullsh*t so I'm constantly getting told how I'm such a strict parent. I pointed out that like half the kids in their school are fat and they rebut with "not in our class" (they are in the AAP class where somehow the kids eat garbage for snack and are still thin). My response is that their friends will have diabetes soon after college. It's so unfortunate what we are doing to our kids in America. I went to school in Germany as a kid and the food there is actually like a home-cooked meal with actual food groups compared to what we get in the US.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Compare the Sidwell lunch menu to your local public and you have your answer. Add in food deserts, too.

I work in a Title 1 school and see what they serve the kids for free breakfast, lunch, and snack. All microwaved processed foods like hot dogs, cheesy pretzels, chocolate milk, nachos with cheese dip, etc.

This is what they offer to ALL kids at ALL public schools now.

The food is definitely terrible, but the parents contribute to make it even worse. I was giving my kids a small pack of goldfish and a banana for snack. Their friends are almost uniformly bringing skittles, pockies, gummy bears, and other bullsh*t so I'm constantly getting told how I'm such a strict parent. I pointed out that like half the kids in their school are fat and they rebut with "not in our class" (they are in the AAP class where somehow the kids eat garbage for snack and are still thin). My response is that their friends will have diabetes soon after college. It's so unfortunate what we are doing to our kids in America. I went to school in Germany as a kid and the food there is actually like a home-cooked meal with actual food groups compared to what we get in the US.

So, the AAP class and the “other” kids all eat the same snacks, AAP is thin, other kids are fat. Why are you still convinced the school snack is the issue?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does it make you sad? Unpack that.

Not OP but I find it sad too. It is gross that people have let themselves get like this.

Why is it gross?

Honestly. Some bodies are bigger. It does not effect you AT ALL. You have been culturally brainwashed to hate fat people. THAT is the main problem. Thankfully, it’s also a problem YOU can fix.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does it make you sad? Unpack that.

Not OP but I find it sad too. It is gross that people have let themselves get like this.

Why is it gross?

Honestly. Some bodies are bigger. It does not effect you AT ALL. You have been culturally brainwashed to hate fat people. THAT is the main problem. Thankfully, it’s also a problem YOU can fix.

Because obesity is an illness that causes us all money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does it make you sad? Unpack that.

Not OP but I find it sad too. It is gross that people have let themselves get like this.

Why is it gross?

Honestly. Some bodies are bigger. It does not effect you AT ALL. You have been culturally brainwashed to hate fat people. THAT is the main problem. Thankfully, it’s also a problem YOU can fix.

Because obesity is an illness that causes us all money.

Ok. So are you attacking the cultural institutions that CREATE obesity? Or are you saving all your outrage for the most vulnerable in society?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does it make you sad? Unpack that.

Not OP but I find it sad too. It is gross that people have let themselves get like this.

Why is it gross?

Honestly. Some bodies are bigger. It does not effect you AT ALL. You have been culturally brainwashed to hate fat people. THAT is the main problem. Thankfully, it’s also a problem YOU can fix.

Because obesity is an illness that causes us all money.

Ok. So are you attacking the cultural institutions that CREATE obesity? Or are you saving all your outrage for the most vulnerable in society?

Meaning: are you asking individuals to solve a problem society created? Bc that’s not gonna happen. So save you Holier Than Thou eating disorder and actually WORK to solve food insecurity which DIRECTLY leads to obesity.

This is not a problem of individual choice. And anyone who thinks it is, is being willfully ignorant at this point.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Compare the Sidwell lunch menu to your local public and you have your answer. Add in food deserts, too.

I work in a Title 1 school and see what they serve the kids for free breakfast, lunch, and snack. All microwaved processed foods like hot dogs, cheesy pretzels, chocolate milk, nachos with cheese dip, etc.

This is what they offer to ALL kids at ALL public schools now.

The food is definitely terrible, but the parents contribute to make it even worse. I was giving my kids a small pack of goldfish and a banana for snack. Their friends are almost uniformly bringing skittles, pockies, gummy bears, and other bullsh*t so I'm constantly getting told how I'm such a strict parent. I pointed out that like half the kids in their school are fat and they rebut with "not in our class" (they are in the AAP class where somehow the kids eat garbage for snack and are still thin). My response is that their friends will have diabetes soon after college. It's so unfortunate what we are doing to our kids in America. I went to school in Germany as a kid and the food there is actually like a home-cooked meal with actual food groups compared to what we get in the US.

So, the AAP class and the “other” kids all eat the same snacks, AAP is thin, other kids are fat. Why are you still convinced the school snack is the issue?

Don’t know about AAP but in the public schools I attended, anyone who came from means had lunch packed every day from home.

[Anonymous]

This is DCUM's favorite hobby. Showing hate and disgust for fat people. And pretending it's about "health."