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[quote=Anonymous]I'm 48 and grew up in Fairfax County. Out of my huge high school grad class, I can think of less than 12 classmates who were considered "fat" and in retrospect, they weren't remarkably obese, just flabby or chubby.

One of the girls famously (because she was a neighbor and all the moms talked about this) was sent to a faraway "fat camp" and returned slimmer and continued to lose the rest of high school.

Our moms smoked or were former smokers.

I was terrible at team sports, but spent childhood running around outside, climbing trees, riding bikes, playing flashlight tag,kickball, swimming, roller skating, tv was late night if at all.

We weren't eating all of the time. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Snack at the pool would be A single Whatchamacallit chocolate candy bar OR a giant Sweetart OR a small popsicle or candy lipstick from the ice cream man.

Girl Scouts had a homemade snack at meetings - one homemade rice krispy treat or one homemade chocolate chip cookie per girl. Every birthday party at home or in school was one piece of birthday cake and one Dixie cup of Hawaiian Punch.

Sodas in glass bottles or cans. No Big Gulps. Sodas were for special occasions.

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