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[quote=Anonymous]I’ve thought about this too, and honestly it was mostly diet for my family. YES we had convenience foods but not nearly the abundance and variety thst is available these days. We were also working class and could not afford much of it. Same with fast food and restaurant food. There were not NEARLY as many choices (in our small town, just McDs, a pizza place, and a few sit down restaurants).

Also SNACKING was a lot different, along with portion sizes, compared to what I see these days. People did not walk around sipping Starbucks drinks or Jamba Juice or whatever, nor did they walk around munching food or bring snacks EVERYwhere. Particularly for kids. As a kid I also did not have free access to drinks or snacks besides water- always had to ask first, and was very often told “no, wait until lunch or dinner”. . No free access to the pantry. As a kid, no one cared about my likes/dislikes unless it was my birthday

I feel like the average kid was much more active back then, but not true for adults IMHO.

80s working class, weekday, kid: 
B: sugary breakfast cereal with milk, tiny cup of OJ or milk 
L: 1/2 a gross sandwich I wouldn’t eat, an apple, carrot sticks, 2 Oreos, buy school milk 
S: cup of sugary kool aid, cheese and 4 ritz crackers 
D: pot roast with potatoes & carrots, green beans, milk

2022 working class, weekday, kid:
B: sugared yogurt, sugary granola bar, chocolate milk
Snack: packaged goldfish
L: chicken nuggets, fries, processed fruit in sugary juice, chocolate milk (school lunch)
Snack: whatever they want from the pantry and in whatever quantities. Cheetos etc. a lot. 
D: on the go between 12,000 sports events. Mcds probably. maybe soda too. If home, frozen pizza. 
Evening snack: junk after sports game the parents insist on handing out

So: plenty of junk in both diets but far more limited snacks back then, far fewer choices around the house, and what kids wanted mattered very little in my house. My parents did not care if I missed a meal because I didn’t like it. Probably made it up at the next one. [/quote]

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