why is Gen z so fat and out of shape?

[Anonymous]

Deadlifting is probably going to destroy your knees you should stop.

[Anonymous]

Most people super into heavy lifting are kind of thick.

Why are you even comparing your tree trunk ass lifting something to running on a treadmill anyway. Not even close to the same thing.

[Anonymous]

They’re constantly sitting down playing video games while eating crap and drinking soda. Are you seriously surprised?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re constantly sitting down playing video games while eating crap and drinking soda. Are you seriously surprised?

Game Stop sells video games, energy drinks, and candy.

Lots of candy.

[Anonymous]

Because our government allows over 10,000 chemical additives in our food and the EU allows 400. Our food causes inflammation, disrupts the endocrine system and is addictive so people will eat more of it.

[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.

My two Gen z daughters are thin. Most everyone at their colleges are too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re constantly sitting down playing video games while eating crap and drinking soda. Are you seriously surprised?

Actually most Gen Z kids grew up playing tons of sports. I don’t even think travel leagues existed in the 70’s-80’s when I was a kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re constantly sitting down playing video games while eating crap and drinking soda. Are you seriously surprised?

Actually most Gen Z kids grew up playing tons of sports. I don’t even think travel leagues existed in the 70’s-80’s when I was a kid.

Yeah, because in the 70s and 80s all the kids were playing outside all day. Did you even know a fat kid?? I think I met a fat kid for the first time in high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re constantly sitting down playing video games while eating crap and drinking soda. Are you seriously surprised?

Actually most Gen Z kids grew up playing tons of sports. I don’t even think travel leagues existed in the 70’s-80’s when I was a kid.

Yeah, because in the 70s and 80s all the kids were playing outside all day. Did you even know a fat kid?? I think I met a fat kid for the first time in high school.

I knew very few. Even if they were "fat", they were really just 10-20 lbs. over the BMI range. No big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lack of fat shaming.

Fat shaming is a form of oppression.

Spare us this nonsense, and put down the HoHos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

My mom worked part time, she will teach a couple class in the am, take a nap at noon and tutor a few students in the evening, and make dinner.
I work from 8-6pm plus 3 hour commute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Most UMC kids I know are thin, with thin to average weight parents. I can think of very few overweight ones I know. My dh ate like you described growing up and he was very fit. It wa the classic MC American diet, with two working parents not home early enough to make dinner, lots of pizza, chinese food and microwavable lasagna. UMC people I know have one/two flexible schedules, time and money for Whole Foods. The kids who are heavy are the ones who don't do sports and get extra junk outside the home like the frappucinos and fried chicken.

[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.

Half of them are under 16 and they’re already being judged like that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re constantly sitting down playing video games while eating crap and drinking soda. Are you seriously surprised?

Actually most Gen Z kids grew up playing tons of sports. I don’t even think travel leagues existed in the 70’s-80’s when I was a kid.

Yeah, because in the 70s and 80s all the kids were playing outside all day. Did you even know a fat kid?? I think I met a fat kid for the first time in high school.

I did know far kids but there weren’t that many. But we weren’t playing outside all day. We were watching shit reruns and soap press’s on TV after school. And we ate tons of processed food. But our water wasn’t full of microplastics and hormones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

My mom worked part time, she will teach a couple class in the am, take a nap at noon and tutor a few students in the evening, and make dinner.
I work from 8-6pm plus 3 hour commute.

Is this a counter or a justification for feeding your kids crap?