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[quote=Anonymous]I am Italian and I have seen an increase is overweight kids quite a bit in my country too. Like in the US, there is a correlation with wealth and social status. In my high school class (20 years ago) I can only think of one girl who was slightly chubby (maybe 10ths over weight). Every body else was think by today’s standard. When I go back home now I see many more overweight kids. Even at the beach… It’s sad… what I don’t see are the morbidly obese people in Italy… those are rare, but plenty of overweight and perhaps obese kids around. One explanation I have is of course fast food, but also the fact that when I grew up in my upper class neighborhood, most moms stayed at home and cooked for their kids. Nowadays, more women work and kids are left alone. There are many more fat kids at the beach where we spend time in the summer, then at my kids’ NW DC private school.[/quote]
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