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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 25 and I was overweight in high school and looking back I think it had a lot to do with how much stress I was under and how little sleep I got. High school was the most stressful time of my life and I think that is how it is for a lot of kids these days. For the most part I ate pretty healthy, but the lack of sleep and stress caused me to start using food to help cope. When I was up until 2 in the morning doing homework I would have a bowl of cereal or other crap to help me feel better. I was also a varsity swimmer, and even though I was in the pool for an average of 5 hours a day I still held onto the weight and even gained.

Then I went to college and lost 30 pounds in my freshman year. I was just so much happier, I got more than enough sleep and my stress level became manageable. Now at 25 I look great and have no problems keeping the weight off, so I really think in high school it was the lack of sleep and stress that caused the weight gain. [/quote]

I think you are on to something.  Teens today seem way more stressed out and anxious.  I'm in my 40s.  Yes, we were concerned about getting into good colleges and all that, but nobody was up until 2 am doing homework or doing 18 different activities in order to get into college.  And we ate tons of crap food growing up -- Twinkies, Kool Aid, soda, ice cream -- so I don't think it's entirely about the food being worse for you.  I think some combination of extra stress, less physical activity and more screen time is the issue.  Although we watched a decent amount of TV too but maybe now that kids are also on computers and smart phones all day too, it's having a cumulative effect?[/quote]

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