Anonymous wrote:The last few bunch of teen girls I saw in their Daisy Dukes were all very yummy.

It is a good thing I did not see you ogling my DD. If I saw a grown man doing that, they would be sorry.

-- Retired NFL linebacker.

I know it seems insane to blame one huge issue on one very specific thing but I really think it has a lot to do with Starbucks. From 13 on all the girls have to stop and get their drink daily. Its a status thing, a social thing, and Im sure the caffeine becomes addicting too. And these girls aren't getting black coffee with a splash of milk... they are getting drinks that have the caloric count of a milkshake. I work in middle and high schools and it is unbelievable how many starbucks cups you see. It is definitely a predominately female hobby too. I truly think its directly correlated with the abdominal fat that is almost becoming the norm.

Look, when you have to change your gait because there is too much adipose between your thighs, you need to lose weight. Many many kids walk with their legs spread out because of fat.

15 is the age when all "kid food" needs to be retired, or else. Chips, pizza, soft drinks, fries, mac and cheese ...

The last few bunch of teen girls I saw in their Daisy Dukes were all very yummy.

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, what you are saying is true. Since my DD started HS she has ballooned because of lack of exercise.

She eats fairly healthy, but the lack of exercise (she is not sporty at all), the chronic lack of sleep and the stress that competitive HS in DMV area brings- has meant that she now has a belly and muffin top. She needs to lose at least 15 pounds, and I really do not know where to start!

+2 The girls who do sports have OK figures, but if they do not, the fat starts and it is very hard to stop it.

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Anonymous wrote:We used to not see chubby brides either 20 years ago. Brides looked like young girls, now they look like mom of two!

As a pp noted - plastics, environmental pollution, chemicals in our food sources, junk foods and artificial foods - all of these things are harming our kids.

That's because most of them are mothers of 2.

Also, most women seem to marry around 28-30, not at 22 anymore.

I think the DC area is pretty thin and has normal bodies. Outside of the DC metro area and it's like people's bodies have exploded. I rarely think about it here, but when I travel, I just can't get over how fat everyone is.

I've also noticed this trend but I haven't mentioned it to anyone because a lot of people I know are puffy, too. When I was younger, in the '80's and '90's, there was generally only one or two overweight girls in school. No one had a muffin-top or cellulite as a teen. Now, I see both on very young girls. It's concerning for our future, worldwide.

I think I agree? I've also noticed chunkier teen girls, but it's hard not to when the style is tiny shorts and midriff tops for everyone. Not sure how a chunkier teen is supposed to dress though. Should they be shopping at Lands End? When I was in high school, girls were swathed in so many layers of flannel, corduroy, high-waisted baggy denim, and Doc Martens boots that it was hard to tell what someone's actual body looked like.

I have noticed this too, but what I find amazing is that seem okay with it - still wearing bikinis and tight clothes - I guess it is good they are comfortable with it

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Anonymous wrote:they look like they are in their thirties, complete with muffin tops, cankles, saddle bags, potbellies.
When I was young, teens had flat stomachs and cute hips. We looked good in tight jeans and bikinis.
These poor kids aren't even going through that phase of having a nice figure. They go straight from tween years to chubby.
I thought that everyone could remember a time when they blossomed and looked great.

completely agree OP. I know you're being hung out to dry for your comment, but its the truth. FWIW, they also know its the truth but political correctness being what it is....

Unfortunately, it is the truth. But I'd add that teenage boys are pretty chubby too - it's not just the girls.

I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that kids don't play outside much anymore. Parents are too afraid to let their kids go outside by themselves and play like they did back in the 70s/80s.

Also, the unbelievable amount of junk food which kids seem to eat these days.

It's sad for those kids. And this is not fat-shaming - just a fact that if you start out obese in childhood your health prospects later in life are not good.

The boys are usually at an age where they are in that rapid growth phase and they don't "settle" until age 20 or so, then they spread. Sad overall.

There is junk food in the checkout line at Best Buy. There are Starbucks and Dunkin donuts on every corner. When I was a teen it was 7-11, but there weren't as many. We are setting these kids up for unhealthy lifestyles by feeding them frozen waffles for breakfast and pumping them with chocolate milk at school.

Anonymous wrote:We used to not see chubby brides either 20 years ago. Brides looked like young girls, now they look like mom of two!

As a pp noted - plastics, environmental pollution, chemicals in our food sources, junk foods and artificial foods - all of these things are harming our kids.

That's because most of them are mothers of 2.

Anonymous wrote:Seriously new low. DD - who is 12 - and all her friends are bigger than I was at their age ... taller and heavier, but so gorgeous. The size is athletic - they are all really good athletes. No Twiggies (thank goodness, because that is such a grotesque look, particularly as women age - they start looking skeletal, wrinkly and just blech). I am happy that the new generation is comfortable in their skin and in strong, muscular, athletic bodies.

Nice. You call it a new low and then slam the bodies "Twiggies" and what they grow up to be. Some people are just like that too, you know. Ugh.