Things I have observed in my 65 year life-span. When I was a kid, only a few persons were obese in the population...it was a rarity. However, the diet was in many ways worse than it is now. All soft drinks, Jams and Jellies, contained sugar. Likewise, lard and butter were universally used in all cooking and baking. The name "carbohydrate" was not in use to describe things that would make a person fat, and eaten in abundance including ice cream. Hamburgers were not generally eaten in fast food places, but were frequently eaten in every mom and pop restaurant nevertheless.What is wrong with this nation!?! It's like everyone is fat!
I even live in a light orange state and every time I go to the nearest Costco, I literally can't count five non-obese people! Something is seriously wrong with America's health!
Well... the "lard" in the butt actually comes more from the lead in the a$$ than from anything else. Way back then, people physically worked harder.
As if cheeseburgers aren't fattening enough...
Now they have doughnut cheeseburgers.
I feel sick...
Way back when? When I was a kid (50's-60's) we did not work any harder than the kids today. Is this another one of those "facts" that are assumed and not researched to see if it is actually true?Well... the "lard" in the butt actually comes more from the lead in the a$$ than from anything else. Way back then, people physically worked harder.
Now they have doughnut cheeseburgers.
Things I have observed in my 65 year life-span. When I was a kid, only a few persons were obese in the population...it was a rarity. However, the diet was in many ways worse than it is now. All soft drinks, Jams and Jellies, contained sugar. Likewise, lard and butter were universally used in all cooking and baking. The name "carbohydrate" was not in use to describe things that would make a person fat, and eaten in abundance including ice cream. Hamburgers were not generally eaten in fast food places, but were frequently eaten in every mom and pop restaurant nevertheless.
The diet of my childhood should have cause there to be more over weight people than there were. Consider what my mother ate for lunch when she went to school: A large slab of home made white bread (made with lard), that was soaked in bacon grease to add flavor.
Nowadays, "healthier" alternatives are suggested to keep from becoming obese. Do not eat lard or butter, do not eat sugar but use fructose instead or drink artificially sweetened soft drinks. Limit carbohydrates, do not eat fast food hamburgers.
In short, despite suggested and supposedly positive changes in the American diet, we keep getting fatter suggesting that the often touted "causes" of overweight are not the cause at all. It would seem that instead of researching the problem, an assumption has been made and the remedy may be part of the problem.
Yes, if only government would step in to protect us from ourselves... if only government had the compassion necessary to limit our freedoms... if only government had the good sense to
or ban them completely
The kids that I went to school with were not from an agrarian society, they were "townies". They did not have to do: "...Strenuous physical labor associated with day-to-day living..."This is a very true observation. When we were largely an agrarian society, there were often 3-square-meals a day. And they were very LARGE, hefty meals. But there was also:
1) Strenuous physical labor associated with day-to-day living, for many.
Most likely true...are you saying that:"...steroids, antibiotics or other medicinal additives to the basic food chain...", are a causation factor related to obesity?2) No steroids, antibiotics or other medicinal additives to the basic food chain.
FDA predates my observations.3) No government "protecting" us, with bureaus like the FDA that approves additives to food as "natural" such as trans-fats and high fructose corn syrup.
Most kids I knew did not live on a farm, did not have chores to do, some rode the bus, some walked to school, but as I remember, there were more of my classmates who were overweight that lived on the farm than were overweight "townies".4) Kids walked 5 miles in zero degree weather to school, up hill both ways. )) Seriously, they had chores to do before school, after school, and no computers, I-Pods or video games.
Is this a factor in obesity?5) After a hard days work, most people relaxed by sitting together, reading, playing a musical instrument, etc. And they then got a good nights sleep.
If the elements that you observe are "overly simplistic", then how can they in combination, add up to a "significant" overview of the problem?This is just a snapshot of a few things that have alterations of the very nature of our lifestyles in the modern world. Of course, this is overly-simplistic, and only meant to illustrate a significant overview of the problem.
Have you considered that it is not a real picture, but just a photo shop creation?Tha's just wrong - wrong.