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Anonymous wrote:Smoking alone was huge prior to the last decade or two.

Ugly blackened lungs, cancer, heart disease -- but yeah, it's an effective appetite suppressant for many, so yay? Not so much.

You are generalizing way too much.

Perhaps the PP is generalizing, but this was my mother. She was more concerned about being skinny than healthy so she never quit smoking bc when she did try, she gained weight. She died of lung cancer at 57.

I was skinny in my 20’s. I worked out 6 days a week, but I also took weight loss pills, partied and smoked. When I quit all that, my weight skyrocketed. Smoking is less prevalent these days so perhaps there is a correlation. A dysfunctional childhood can leave major imprints on people and so now their outlet is eating.

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Anonymous wrote:Smoking alone was huge prior to the last decade or two.

Ugly blackened lungs, cancer, heart disease -- but yeah, it's an effective appetite suppressant for many, so yay? Not so much.

You are generalizing way too much.

Anonymous wrote:They don't value the hard work and dedication you spent on being skinny. They have other things to do.

It's healthier to be a certain range in overweight than to be underweight or, actually, normal weight. We covered this in another thread.

Anonymous wrote:Lack of SAHMs a big cause

Anonymous wrote:Lack of SAHMs a big cause

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Anonymous wrote:Because sometimes we come from badly dysfunctional families and ate our feelings.

Thankfully, some of us untangle that mess at some point and lose the weight, and are in better shape at 40 than 30 or 20 or even 10, but you never know what someone else has been through.

Surely those same problems existed in previous decades when most women were not so heavy at such younger ages.

Please in previous decades we didn’t have food science cranking out prepackaged snack foods.

I grew up in the 80s and bet to differ.

We didn't have daily venti fraps, that's true.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:Yikes, ladies. Eat a burger and skip the 4 am workout. You might feel a little better about your life. The younger generation doesn’t value the skinny boy look as much as you do. So what. We’re all going to die someday.

You can eat a burger and still not be overweight. I eat bread, sugar etc (in moderation), but also run, do yoga, and walk everywhere. I’m not fat, because I’m active and eating isn’t a diversion or a hobby.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

Anonymous wrote:OP, your "question" reeks of misogyny. You don't ask the same about young men, even though there are similarities. Go troll elsewhere.

Anonymous wrote:Yikes, ladies. Eat a burger and skip the 4 am workout. You might feel a little better about your life. The younger generation doesn’t value the skinny boy look as much as you do. So what. We’re all going to die someday.