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[quote=Anonymous]The responses in this thread show just the many reasons behind this and why it's such a huge problem.  It's not just one thing that changed in our lifestyle.

I'll add a few things.  Entertainment options, electricity.  Back a 100 years ago, people ate dinner, then stayed up for a while reading or playing a game or maybe helping kids with school work, but then went to bed.  When you are in a house lit only by candles or oil lamps, the dim light makes you sleepy pretty fast, plus they don't have the infinite entertainment options like we have now that enable us to stay up all night with something to do.  Even 50 years ago, you had TV that went off the air at a certain hour.  People went to bed early, which meant less hours awake where you could be eating.  And you were less tired, so people weren't loading up on food in order to keep going all day.  We are all so sleep deprived.

Portion sizes is another big one.  I remember how small my grandmother's dishes where.  Orange juice was served in a very small juice glass that had to have been 6-8 oz.  Ice cream was served in an equally small bowl.

Soda.  When soda came out, it was a rare treat to go down to the soda fountain and get the small serving.  It was treated like an ice cream treat instead of a beverage to have with every meal like it is today.  [/quote]

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