why is Gen z so fat and out of shape?

[Anonymous]

They're the "health at every size" generation.

[Anonymous]

Today’s young people are really doughy. I graduated high school in 2007 and the overwhelming majority of the girls I graduated with were slim. Lean legs, thin arms, no more than a size 4. I rarely see a teen girl today who is that thin. Thick legs and round faces everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Today’s young people are really doughy. I graduated high school in 2007 and the overwhelming majority of the girls I graduated with were slim. Lean legs, thin arms, no more than a size 4. I rarely see a teen girl today who is that thin. Thick legs and round faces everywhere.

And they are often drinking a Venti sugary Starbucks drink along with breakfast and ordering Uber eats for lunch. But, sure, blame plastics.

[Anonymous]

This must be regional. We’re in the Bay Area and the teens, young adults are all lean. I’ve seen a small number of obese parents and teachers but far, far less than the number I saw in our previous DMV burb. Curious where the OP lives.

[Anonymous]

That's a pretty rude thing to say to people who are going to the gym to get healthier. How do you expect them to get in shape? Theyre literally at the gym trying.

No wonder people are self conscious going to the gym, with judgmental b****s like OP criticizing every one they see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Today’s young people are really doughy. I graduated high school in 2007 and the overwhelming majority of the girls I graduated with were slim. Lean legs, thin arms, no more than a size 4. I rarely see a teen girl today who is that thin. Thick legs and round faces everywhere.

I'm a similar age, and we grew up with people like Tyra Banks calling someone 104lbs fat. Girls were thin because they starved themselves to fit into these extremely unhealthy beauty standards. Not a healthy comparison.

[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.

My kids play sports and are slim and in shape. But I do agree with these points. The DoorDash and Starbucks are taking a toll -- plus, they spend way too much money on this crap. (It's their money ... they all work.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

When you ate processed food the serving size was much, much smaller than today.

Though processed, it was made with sugar and not the corn syrup, and other cheaper ingredients used today.

You were more active in smaller ways. No online ordering. Had to go somewhere and walk around. No Wikipedia, go to the library and carry books. No email. Go to the post office. Walk to the corner mailbox. So much small movement has been eliminated and we can pretty much be inert!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sugar in everything.

Or money. There's no reason to be fat anymore if you can afford semaglutide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's a pretty rude thing to say to people who are going to the gym to get healthier. How do you expect them to get in shape? Theyre literally at the gym trying.

No wonder people are self conscious going to the gym, with judgmental b****s like OP criticizing every one they see.

Guessing this is an old dude. My kids are very into going to the gym. Several of the men 40+ do not realize it’s creepy as shit to make compliments and comments to teenagers about their bodies when they are working out. Both kids have very little fat so they looked more toned and I guess jacked for DS than they probably are but both have had old dudes make comments to them.

[Anonymous]

Most gen Z kids I know are thin and in shape but I am somewhere very image-conscious. All the teens go to the gym, want to look good...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's a pretty rude thing to say to people who are going to the gym to get healthier. How do you expect them to get in shape? Theyre literally at the gym trying.

No wonder people are self conscious going to the gym, with judgmental b****s like OP criticizing every one they see.

Guessing this is an old dude. My kids are very into going to the gym. Several of the men 40+ do not realize it’s creepy as shit to make compliments and comments to teenagers about their bodies when they are working out. Both kids have very little fat so they looked more toned and I guess jacked for DS than they probably are but both have had old dudes make comments to them.

What is going on with that? My dd goes to the gym almost every day and very often older men talk to her: sometimes they are rude and request a machine she is using, tell her she is doing x, y or z wrong. She is very clearly a teenager and not an adult. It's not appropriate to talk to her at all for middle aged men!

[Anonymous]

I notice the opposite.

All of the Gen Z kids at my office are stick thin and look almost sickly. They survive on multiple coffees, their vapes, and Adderall. I was chatting with another coworker at lunch and said I felt like I wasn't getting anything done that day because I couldn't focus. A Gen Z coworker overheard me and offered me an Adderall. She said, "I would be worthless without them, and probably 300 lbs, too, because they make me forget to eat. It's the OG Ozempic."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I notice the opposite.

All of the Gen Z kids at my office are stick thin and look almost sickly. They survive on multiple coffees, their vapes, and Adderall. I was chatting with another coworker at lunch and said I felt like I wasn't getting anything done that day because I couldn't focus. A Gen Z coworker overheard me and offered me an Adderall. She said, "I would be worthless without them, and probably 300 lbs, too, because they make me forget to eat. It's the OG Ozempic."

They are young; let them think that. With Adderall, your appetite eventually catches up to you at night when it wears off, but Ozempic remains consistent throughout the week.

Also, the few Gen Z folks I know are skinny like Lilly Collins or skinny ripped like Zack Effron. I'm sure if I went to a different part of the country, I might draw the same conclusions as OP, but it wouldn't be generational, as everyone would be obese.

[Anonymous]

You sound nice.