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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm old enough to remember, I was a 70s kid and 80s teenager. The 1970s were the era of rampant inflation -- way worse than right now -- so families had less money to spend and there was less food in the fridge. There were also fewer brands to buy. My mother used to chop up carrot sticks and celery and put them in a bowl of cold water n the fridge. I would use tongs to pull some out as a snack on a plate with cheese and peanut butter after school. My mother also made fresh bread almost every day, and we had a backyard garden with blueberries, snap peas, and other goodies. Kid's PE class at school was intense. I remember sprinting in every class, doing a ton of pushups and situps. My mom weighed her food on a tiny scale and never ate a serving larger than so many milligrams.

Aerobics came along in the 1980s (Jane Fonda) as well as Jazzercise. These were huge crazes. So fitness became a big thing as food choices bloomed.[/quote]

Yep.  In the 70s-80s women especially were much more deliberate about maintaining their weight.  It was important to them.  Now being fat is normalized and ok and the majority of people are, so why not you? People have stopped caring.  It’s easier to get doordash, work from home, never move, and live in elastic waist pants
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