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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The answer is always the simple one.

They eat and drink more while living a more sedentary lifestyle.

It's not the decline of smoking. If it were smoking then why are American women fatter than their 19th century equivalents when it was seriously frowned upon for women to smoke.  It's just eating more and not exercising while living a sedentary lifestyle. And now a culture has emerged where being fat is acceptable, so people become lazy about their weight. The exception is among the upper middle and upper classes,  where there still exists strong cultural pressures not to be overweight and to eat healthily.

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I have a 7 figure earning relative (she receives yearly bonuses at her job) who is FAT FAT FAT.

Nothing wrong with that though because she is in her 40s.[/quote]

And your point is? Just because you know an exception only means that you know an exception. Upper and upper middle class America is still very fit and healthy, far more so compared to the general population. It's bleedin' obvious.

All you need to do is to compare the girls at, say, Holton Arms or NCS or the W schools and compare to middle income schools. Compare the women in Bethesda and Arlington to, say, Carroll County. Compare NW DC to Anacostia. And repeat across the country. Then go to the collegea. Compare young women at the Ivies with the typical regional state universities. Then go to cities like DC or NYC or most popular urban areas and see all the fit young women going to yoga classes from their consulting jobs.

It's very much a class thing these days.

For all the excuses on this thread, women are fatter these days because they eat a lot more and don't exercise enough. Its not the fake chemicals or GMOs some are alleging. It's the big portions, the high calorie Starbucks drinks, the junk food,  both fancy and low end. It all comes down to quantity and calories. Its exacerbated by the decline or body shaming and growth in cultural acceptance - with the notable exception of the educated upper middle and upper classes, who still strongly link bodily health with virtues and morals. [/quote]

This isn't true either.  Upper class, well educated girls and boys are larger now than they were in previous decades.  [/quote]

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