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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our lifestyle didn't so closely resemble Wall-E characters. Suburban living with a desk job is basically this, it's disturbing AF.[/quote]

People in the 70s and 80s lived in the suburbs and had desk jobs[/quote]
But we didn't spend all our free time on our iphones. Kids played outside ALL DAY and that kind of activity sets the stage for a healthy weight adult. And adults would get up from their desk to talk to colleagues instead of sitting on email all day long. I'm sure there were still plenty of sedentary people back then, but it's far less than now. That and portion sizes are huge contributing factors. [/quote]

You are right about kids being more physically active in the past.  Now, most kids are sitting in front of computers... and we end up with fat teens... that is naturally going to stack the deck to being fatter in adulthood on a national scale.

You take away the activity when they are kids, then they are fatter as 20 yr olds.  They sit at desk jobs from 20-65, and soothe themselves (whether lonely, bored, stressed) with food/drink, and put them in an environment where 75% of the other people are overweight or obese --- voila!  People get fat.  [/quote]

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