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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's very simple:

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Overly processed food/DoorDash/Starbucks...all the BS "food" that's at their fingertips
We're not allowed to tell our teens to eat less/be more active when they're looking chunky because that's body-shaming

I live in a college-town outside of the DC area and I can't get over how these college kids and what they wear showing off their huge butts and fat bellies. Nobody was walking around like that when I was in college.
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One thing I have noticed on this board is the successful, UMC dismissal of the importance of actually preparing real food for one’s family.  Way more important for both parents to always be hustling to make as much money as possible.  Why bake bread when you can buy it?  Why cook a meal when you can get takeout?  Why prepare your teenager’s dinner when they can eat a peanut butter sandwich or a bowl of Cheerios.  (And this is not meant as a SAHM vs WOHM debate.  My parents worked but also prioritized cooking for the family with actual real food.  My generation seems to have completely different priorities from my observations.)

So if the kids these days don’t think that what they’re putting in their bodies matters, that’s on the generation before them.[/quote]

Most UMC kids I know are thin, with thin to average weight parents. I can think of very few overweight ones I know. My dh ate like you described growing up and he was very fit. It wa the classic MC American diet, with two working parents not home early enough to make dinner, lots of pizza, chinese food and microwavable lasagna. UMC people I know have one/two flexible schedules, time and money for Whole Foods. The kids who are heavy are the ones who don't do sports and get extra junk outside the home like the frappucinos and fried chicken.[/quote]

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