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[quote=Anonymous]I think people are missing an important part of this timeline. We are talking about a generation that was born in the 40s, and were parents in the 70s. My parents generation growing up never had fast food and never ate out at restaurants and the nutritional density of their food was not stripped bare.

As junk food increased, and shortcuts like microwave dinner were invented, and take out pizza, that generation gain weight in the 80s.

Growing up in the 80s/90s, the die was cast - we drank soda daily, watched TV, had microwaveable pizza bagels, etc.

And even in the 80s - Agree that everyone mowed their own lawns, kids rode bikes or walked everywhere, til dark, portion sizes were smaller, there was no Uber Eats, people barely had computers so no one was sitting on them for hours a day.

I’m shocked by my husband who comes home from work sitting at his desk all day, to him opening up his laptop for more hours at night. Then my kids sitting in class all day, on their ipads, to coming home and doing their homework for hours on them. That alone is awful for our physical bodies.

And a PP mentioned stress. Without question stress directly correlates to weight. We know it raises cortisol levels, which impact hormones, which impact metabolism.

Even the farmers market organic food you can pick up on sunday has so much less nutritional value than it used to. Out microbiome is not getting diversity. We are eating breathing and absorbing chemicals all day long.

Lots of factors. Not just the smoking - although agree that’s a factor too. [/quote]

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