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[quote=Anonymous]A lot of people on this thread, including OP, appear to be making assumptions. For statistics on obesity, check out this Robert Wood Johnson Fdn report: https://www.stateofobesity.org/obesity-rates-trends-overview/. Women ages 20 and older are just very slightly more likely to be overweight than men, 41.1 percent versus 37.9 percent. By age group, adults show similar rates of obesity. Among those 20-39, 35.7 percent are obese. From ages 40 to 59, 42.8 percent are obese.

Also, you can Google food trends, prescription drug use, etc. Many convenience foods are, indeed, more caloric. Antidepressant use has also increased markedly since 1999, as has use of antipsychotics and other types of drugs that cause weight gain. We are also more sedentary. This has changed a lot from 1970 to present. It has little to do with exercise habits and a lot to do with job requirements, commuting distances, public space programming, and screen time.

But better to have 17 pages of speculation than look any of this up.[/quote]

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